pelengkung

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pelengkung. Equivalent to peng- +‎ lengkung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pələŋˈkuŋ/ [pə.ləŋˈkuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: pe‧leng‧kung

Noun

pêlêngking

1. arch (an architectural element having the shape of an arch)

Further reading

• “pelengkung” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From peng- +‎ lengkung.

Pronunciation

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /ˈpələŋkoŋ/ [ˈpə.ləŋ.koŋ]
• (Riau, Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈpələŋkuŋ/ [ˈpə.ləŋ.kuŋ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧leng‧kung

Noun

pelengkung (Jawi spelling ڤلڠکوڠ, plural pelengkung-pelengkung, informal 1st possessive pelengkungku, 2nd possessive pelengkungmu, 3rd possessive pelengkungnya)

1. arch

Descendants

• Indonesian: pelengkung

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋkuŋ. Cognate with Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦼꦁꦏꦸꦁ (plengkung), Old Javanese pĕlĕṅkuṅ, Malay pelengkung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ləŋˈkʊŋ/
• Hyphenation: pe‧leng‧kung

Noun

pelengkung (Sundanese script ᮕᮨᮜᮨᮀᮊᮥᮀ)

1. arch

   Monumén 'Gateway Arch' di Amérika téh bentukna jiga pelengkung.

   The Gateway Arch monument in America is shaped like an arch.

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

• "PĔLĔNGKOENG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij