lonceng
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Malay lonceng from Hokkien 亂鐘/乱钟 (loān-cheng, “alarm clock”), see 亂鐘仔/乱钟仔 (loān-cheng-á, “alarm clock”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈlɔnt͡ʃɛŋ]
Hyphenation: lon‧cèng
=== Noun ===
loncèng (plural lonceng-lonceng)
bell
Synonyms: bel, genta
clock
Synonym: jam dinding
==== Alternative forms ====
loceng (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
=== Further reading ===
“lonceng”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Hokkien 亂鐘/乱钟 (loān-cheng, “alarm clock”), see 亂鐘仔/乱钟仔 (loān-cheng-á, “alarm clock”). Doublet of loceng.
=== Noun ===
lonceng (plural lonceng-lonceng or lonceng2)
(rare) bell
Synonym: loceng
Near-synonym: (larger types in churches, clock towers etc) genta
=== References ===
Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “loncheng”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 68-9