kelabang

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦧꦁ (klabang, “centipede”), from Old Javanese kalabaṅ (“a kind of poisonous centipede”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈlabaŋ/ [kəˈla.baŋ]
• Rhymes: -abaŋ
• Syllabification: ke‧la‧bang

Noun

kelabang

1. centipede

Synonyms

• lipan

Further reading

• “kelabang” 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.