dalang

See also: daláng

Dharug

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cala.

Noun

dalang

1. (anatomy) tongue

Derived terms

• dalangyila (“windowglass”)

References

• Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], The Sydney Language‎, 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 27

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay dalang, from Classical Malay دالڠ (dalang), from Old Javanese ḍalaṅ (“puppeteer”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdalaŋ/ [ˈda.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧lang

Noun

dalang

1. puppeteer
2. (figurative) mastermind
3. shaman's assistant in healing rituals

Affixed terms

• didalang
• didalangi
• didalangkan
• mendalang
• mendalangi
• mendalangkan
• pedalang
• pedalangan

• dalang jemblung
• dalang setren

Further reading

• “dalang”, 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

From Old Javanese ḍalaṅ (“puppeteer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalaŋ/ [ˈda.laŋ]

Noun

dalang (Jawi spelling دالڠ, plural dalang-dalang or dalang²)

1. puppeteer
2. (figurative) mastermind
3. (Malaysia) animator

   Synonym: juruanimasi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pedalang [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
• pedalangan [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
• dalangan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• mendalang [agent focus] (meN-)
• mendalangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mendalangi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• didalang [patient focus] (di-)
• didalangkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• didalangi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dalang

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “دالڠ dalang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 123
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “دالڠ dalang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 286
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “dalang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 250-1
• Mansor Puteh (1989), Glosari Perfileman, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka & Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, page 21

Further reading

• "dalang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay jarang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀaŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdalaŋ/ [ˈd̪aː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧lang

Noun

dalang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜅ᜔)

1. infrequency; rarity; scarcity; sparseness (of visits, houses, hair, people, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagkabihira, kabihiraan, kadalangan, pagkamadalang

2. slowness; sluggishness (such as one's heartbeat)

   Synonyms: bagal, kabagalan, kupad, kakuparan

3. condition of being set far apart then usual

   Synonyms: pagkalayo-layo, pagkahiwa-hiwalay

Derived terms

• dumalang
• kadalangan
• madalang
• pagkamadalang

See also

• salirangdang

Further reading

• “dalang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• dangal