lantang

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlantəaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: lan‧tang

Adjective

lantang

  1. happy, contented

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlantaŋ/ [ˈlan̪.t̪aŋ]
  • Rhymes: -antaŋ
  • Syllabification: lan‧tang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay lantang.

Adjective

lantang (comparative lebih lantang, superlative paling lantang)

  1. loud
  2. clearly audible
  3. booming
  4. penetrating, shrill
  5. boisterous, clamorous, noisy, tumultuous.
  6. clear, clearly visible, vivid
Derived terms
  • kelantangan
  • melantang
  • melantangkan
  • pelantang
  • terlantangkan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Toraja-Sa'dan [Term?]

Noun

lantang (plural lantang-lantang)

  1. a bamboo stilt house built specifically to receive guests or as a residence for relatives during traditional death ceremonies in Toraja

Further reading

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlantaŋ]

Adjective

lantang (Lontara spelling ᨒᨈ)

  1. deep
  2. late (idiomatically used with night as subject)
    Lantammi banngia.[1]It is already late at night. (literally, “The night is already deep.”)

References

  1. ^ Aburaerah Arief (1995), Kamus Makassar–Indonesia, Ujung Pandang: Yayaan Perguruan Islam Kapita, page 426.