benteng

benteng

1. (stative) to be full, satiated

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – benteng. SIL International.

Borrowed from Hokkien 冰糖 (peng-thn̂g, “rock candy; rock sugar”).

• IPA^(key): /bəntəŋ/
• Rhymes: -əŋ
• Hyphenation: ben‧teng

benteng

1. rock candy; rock sugar

• IPA^(key): /bɛntɛŋ/

benteng

1. alternative spelling of bèntèng

• Kähler, H. (1966), “benteng”, in Wörterverzeichnis des Omong Djakarta [Glossary of the Jakartan speech] (in German), Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, page 22
• Kähler, H. (1966), “bəntəng”, in Wörterverzeichnis des Omong Djakarta [Glossary of the Jakartan speech] (in German), Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, page 27

From Malay benteng.

• The sense “bulwark” is a semantic loan from Javanese bètèng.
• The sense in chess is a semantic loan from Dutch kasteel (“rook (dated)”, literally “castle”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛntɛŋ/ [ˈben̪.t̪ɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛntɛŋ
• Syllabification: ben‧teng

bèntèng (plural benteng-benteng)

1. fort (a fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
2. bulwark a defensive wall or rampart

   Synonyms: baluarti, selekoh, katelum

3. (chess) rook; castle

   Synonym: tir

4. (figurative) something that is used to strengthen or maintain a position and so on

   Synonym: pancang

5. (sports) children's games are carried out in two groups by each group forming a fort (in the form of poles, stones, etc.) and trying to protect the fort from enemy attacks

• “benteng” 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.

benteng

1. dated spelling of bèntèng

• IPA^(key): [ˈbenteŋ]

benteng (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨈᨙ)

1. pillar
2. post

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenteŋ/ [ˈben̪.t̪eŋ]
• Rhymes: -enteŋ, -teŋ, -eŋ
• Hyphenation: ben‧teng

benteng (Jawi spelling بينتيڠ, plural benteng-benteng)

1. A bulwark, fortification or rampart; a defensive wall for defending a town and others from enemy attacks.
2. A fort or fortress.

   Synonym: kubu

3. A dyke or embankment.
4. A defence from a threat.
5. (chess) The rook or castle piece in chess.

   Synonym: tir

• > Indonesian: benteng (inherited)
• → Javanese: bèntèng, bètèng
• → Toba Batak: besteng

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