Dictionaries › Malay

batang

Pronunciation: /ˈbataŋ/

“batang” is a Malay word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches
  2. a large collection of wood floating in the sea
  3. handle of a tool
  4. shaft (the main cylindrical part of the penis); ellipsis of batang zakar or batang pelir
  5. a branch, any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
  6. a stalk (the stem of a plant)
  7. a river (large stream which drains a landmass)
  8. ship steering link
  9. pantun verses in oral literature
  10. corpse

classifier

  1. classifier for log, rod or something like log or rod.

verb

  1. to read (say what is written)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “batang” there

More Malay words

About this dictionary

The Malay dictionary on Glottosphere has 9,412 entries with a page. Browse the Malay dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.