gelung
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-luŋ (“bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəluŋ/
- Rhymes: -əluŋ, -luŋ, -uŋ
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ɡəlʊŋ, -oŋ, -o̞ŋ]
Noun
gelung (Jawi spelling ݢلوڠ, plural gelung-gelung, informal 1st possessive gelungku, impolite 2nd possessive gelungmu, 3rd possessive gelungnya)
- coil
- loop
- bight
- knot (of hair)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- gelungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- menggelung [agent focus] (meN-)
- menggelungkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- digelung [patient focus] (di-)
- digelungkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- tergelung-gelung [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
- bergelung [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- bergelung-gelung [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: gelung
Further reading
- “gelung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.