palung
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay palung. The sense “trench” is a semantic loan from English trench. The sense “trough” is a semantic loan from English trough.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.lʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -lʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
- Hyphenation: pa‧lung
Noun
palung (plural palung-palung, first-person possessive palungku, second-person possessive palungmu, third-person possessive palungnya)
- (geology) trench
- Synonym: paluh
- trough
- (meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
- (economy) a low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle.
Further reading
- “palung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Tagal Murut
Noun
palung
- attic (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)