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kelenteng.

Chinese temple

9 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[kələnˈtɛŋ]

  1. Chinese temple

  2. bell-like sound

Where this word comes from

From Javanese klenthéng (ꦏ꧀ꦭꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦁ), * From Hokkien 觀音亭／观音亭, compound of 觀音 /观音 (koan-im, “Guanyin”) + 亭 (têng, “pavilion”). * Affixed ke- + *lenteng, from Hokkien 禮堂／礼堂 (lé-tn̂g, “assembly hall”, literally “rite hall”), a type of Confucian temple. Compare Tagalog kulintang.

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