helang

== Bikol Central == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelaŋ/ [ˈhe.l̪aŋ] IPA(key): /ˈʔelaŋ/ [ˈʔe.l̪aŋ] (h-dropping) Hyphenation: he‧lang === Noun === hélang (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜅ᜔) misspelling of hilang == Malay == === Etymology === From Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?]. Compare with Bahnar klang, Pacoh calang, Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese (Nancowry) kalâng and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ. Doublet of elang and lang. The second sense originated from a comment made by the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris: "Kau jangan lupa helang dan pipit terbang tak sama tinggi" (You better not forget that the eagle and the pipit cannot fly on the same height). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /həˈlaŋ/ [həˈlaŋ] Rhymes: -əlaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ Hyphenation: he‧lang === Noun === helang (Jawi spelling هلڠ, plural helang-helang or helang2) eagle (Any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae) (derogatory, slang, politics) a corrupt politician or an elite person. ==== Related terms ==== elang lang ==== Descendants ==== → English: helang === References === Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “هلڠ hĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 686 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “hĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 403 === Further reading === "helang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017