alang-alang
See also: Alang-alang
Hiligaynon
Adjective
aláng-aláng
- immature, inappropriate, inconvenient, unsuitable
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Probably from Proto-Austronesian *alaŋ (“doubt, hesitation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalaŋ ˈalaŋ]
Noun
alang-alang (first-person possessive alang-alangku, second-person possessive alang-alangmu, third-person possessive alang-alangnya)
- Imperata cylindrica
- Synonyms: ilalang, lalang, kusu-kusu
Etymology 2
From Land Dayak, possibly related to Hiligaynon alang-alang (“immature”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (“insufficient, half-heartedly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalaŋ ˈalaŋ]
Noun
alang-alang (first-person possessive alang-alangku, second-person possessive alang-alangmu, third-person possessive alang-alangnya)
- almost coming of age
- Synonym: usia tanggung
Further reading
- “alang-alang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.