pengguling

Malay

Alternative forms

• tenggiling

Etymology

peng- +‎ guling, literally “roller”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəŋɡuleŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pəŋɡulɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -uleŋ, -leŋ, -eŋ
• Rhymes: -iŋ

Noun

pengguling (Jawi spelling ڤڠݢوليڠ, plural pengguling-pengguling, informal 1st possessive penggulingku, 2nd possessive penggulingmu, 3rd possessive penggulingnya)

1. (colloquial) the scaly anteater; Manis javanica.

Descendants

• → English: pangolin
• → French: pangolin
  • → Romanian: pangolin

Further reading

• “pengguling” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.