lengan

Inherited from Malay lengan, from Proto-Malayic *ləŋən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən (“forearm; lower arm”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈŋan/ [ləˈŋan]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: le‧ngan

lêngan (plural lengan-lengan)

1. (anatomy) arm
2. arm (a similar part found in a sofa, etc.)

   Jangka sorong terdiri atas dua lengan, yaitu lengan utama dan lengan geser.

   Vernier calipers consist of two arms, namely the main arm and the sliding arm.

3. forelimb (the anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal)

   Synonym: kaki depan

   Coordinate term: kaki belakang

• “lengan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*leŋen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Malayic *ləŋən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən (“forearm; lower arm”).

• IPA^(key): /lə.ŋän/
• Rhymes: -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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lengan (Jawi spelling لڠن, plural lengan-lengan)

1. arm

• Indonesian: lengan

• “lengan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*leŋen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Germanic *langijaną. Equivalent to lang +‎ -an. Cognate with Old Norse lengja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlen.jɑn/, [ˈlen.d͡ʒɑn]

lenġan

1. to make or become long; extend, lengthen
2. to protract, delay
3. to pertain, belong

• Middle English: lengen
  • English: linge
  • Scots: ling

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lengan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.