lindung.
to hide; to shelter
Meaning & usage
to hide; to shelter
to protect
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay lindung, from Proto-Austronesian *liduŋ (“shelter, cover, protection; shade”).
villagers who do not own land and only have a house with a yard
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Javanese lindhung (“refugee”), from Old Javanese liṇḍuṅ (“hiding-place, cover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liduŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *liduŋ (“shelter, cover, protection; shade”).
eel
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Betawi lindung (“swamp eel”), from Balinese ᬮᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸᬂ (lindung, “swamp eel”), ultimately from Proto-Austroasiatic *lnduŋ, *nduŋ, *ʔnduŋ (“eel”), through one of its descendants.
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