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talang.

lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan); also leather jacket, doublespotted queenfish, leatherback, double-spotted queenfish, queenfish, skinny fish, giant dart, large-mouthed leatherskin, leatherskin, skinnyfish, St. Peter's leatherskin, white fish, or whitefish

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan); also leather jacket, doublespotted queenfish, leatherback, double-spotted queenfish, queenfish, skinny fish, giant dart, large-mouthed leatherskin, leatherskin, skinnyfish, St. Peter's leatherskin, white fish, or whitefish

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay talang.

noun/ˈtalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. agent, broker, trader

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay talang (Singapore and Batavia Malay).

noun/ˈtalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. hamlet, small village

Where this word comes from

Unknown

noun/ˈtalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. water conduit (gutter) in the roof

  2. bamboo that holds a lot of water

  3. sacred Bali bamboo, yellow bamboo (Schizostachyum brachycladum)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay talang (Batavia Malay), from Javanese talang (“bamboo pipe as water conduit”).

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