rumah panjang

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of rumah (“house”) +‎ panjang (“long”), from Malay rumah panjang.

Noun

rumah panjang (plural rumah-rumah panjang)

1. longhouse (especially that of the traditional ethnic groups of Borneo)
2. (uncommon) brothel

   Synonyms: bordil, rumah kuning, rumah pelacuran

Further reading

• “rumah panjang” 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

rumah (“house”) +‎ panjang (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru.mah pan.d͡ʒaŋ/

Noun

rumah panjang (Jawi spelling رومه ڤنجڠ, plural rumah-rumah panjang, informal 1st possessive rumah panjangku, 2nd possessive rumah panjangmu, 3rd possessive rumah panjangnya)

1. longhouse (especially that of the traditional ethnic groups of Borneo)
2. (uncommon) brothel

   Synonym: rumah pelacuran

Descendants

• Indonesian: rumah panjang

See also

• tuai rumah (“leader of a longhouse”)

Further reading

• “rumah panjang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "rumah panjang" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.