batang

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tang
• IPA^(key): /baˈtaŋ/ [bɐˈt̪aŋ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪ɐŋ]

Noun

batáng or batang

1. log

Verb

batáng or batang

1. to lie prostrate
2. to keep in one place
3. to stay in one place permanently
4. to stick around

Derived terms

• pabatang (“kind of longline fishing”)

Anagrams

• atbang, tabang

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧tang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay batang, from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Noun

batang

1. log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
2. staff, bar (any long, thin object)
3. branch (any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree)
4. (vulgar) shaft (the main cylindrical part of the penis)
5. (obsolete) river

   Synonyms: kali, sungai

Classifier

batang (singular sebatang)

1. Used to count anything that has the shape similiar to a bar or shaft.

Derived terms

• batangan
• berbatang
• membatang

 

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ (“corpse”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Noun

batang

1. (archaic, dialect) Synonym of mayat (“corpse”)

Further reading

• “batang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey)
  • IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈbaː.tʌŋ]
    • Rhymes: -ataŋ
  • IPA^(key): (adverb) /baˈtaŋ/ [bʌˈtʌŋ]
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧tang

Noun

bátang

1. pine tree

Derived terms

• batbatang
• binatang
• kabatangan
• sinkabatang

 

Adverb

batáng

1. alternatively

Derived terms

• binatang

 

References

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[1] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 2024-09-25
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “batang”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 73

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataŋ/
• Rhymes: -ataŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

batang (Jawi spelling باتڠ, plural batang-batang, informal 1st possessive batangku, 2nd possessive batangmu, 3rd possessive batangnya)

1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches
2. a rod; a straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
3. a branch, any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
4. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

• (river): alur
• (river): alur
• (river): bengawan
• (river): ci
• (river): kali
• (river): sungai
• (river): wai

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• batangan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• membatang [agent focus] (meN-)
• berbatangkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Classifier

batang (singular sebatang)

1. classifier for log, rod or something like log or rod.

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ (“corpse”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataŋ/
• Rhymes: -ataŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

Noun

batang (Jawi spelling باتڠ, plural batang-batang, informal 1st possessive batangku, 2nd possessive batangmu, 3rd possessive batangnya)

1. (archaic) corpse

Synonyms

• bangkai
• mayat

Etymology 3

Cognate of Balinese ᬯᬵᬢᬂ (watang, “cause”), Javanese ꦧꦠꦁ (batang, “to answer”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataŋ/
• Rhymes: -ataŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

Verb

batang (used in the form membatang)

1. to read (say what is written)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• membatang [agent focus] (meN-)

Further reading

• “batang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Noun

batang

1. log
2. branch (of a tree)

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Noun

batang

1. letter (of any alphabet)

Verb

batang

1. to perch, to alight

Derived terms

• batanga'
• batangan

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Noun

batang

1. tree trunk, fallen tree, log
2. stem of a plant

Sundanese

Romanization

batang

1. Romanization of ᮘᮒᮀ.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧tang

Noun

batang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔)

1. (dialectal, Marinduque) log (piece of wood)

   Synonyms: troso, kalap

Anagrams

• tabang, tab-ang

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Noun

batang

1. tree trunk
2. stalk

Noun

batang

1. letter (of an alphabet)
2. consonant (in the Arabic abjad)