batang.
log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
Meaning & usage
log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
staff, bar (any long, thin object)
stem (the above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms)
branch (any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree)
shaft (the main cylindrical part of the penis)
river
bicycle frame
bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft
ship steering link
a large collection of wood floating in the sea
pantun verses in oral literature
corpse
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay batang, from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. * Semantic loan from Banjarese for bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft. * Semantic loan from Malay (Riau dialect) for ship steering link. * Semantic loan from Bacanese Malay for a large collection of wood floating in the sea. * Semantic loan from Central Malay for pantun verses in oral literature. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ.
used to count anything that has the shape similar to a bar or shaft
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay batang, from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. * Semantic loan from Banjarese for bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft. * Semantic loan from Malay (Riau dialect) for ship steering link. * Semantic loan from Bacanese Malay for a large collection of wood floating in the sea. * Semantic loan from Central Malay for pantun verses in oral literature. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ.
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