kalus

Central Bontoc

Noun

kalus

1. a low-toned gong

References

• Rev. Walter Clayton Clapp (1908), “kalus”, in A Vocabulary of the Igorot Language as spoken by the Bontok Igorots‎, volume V, part III, Manila: Bureau of Science Division of Ethnology Publications, page 175

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkalus/ [ˈka.lʊs]
• Rhymes: -alus
• Syllabification: ka‧lus

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English callus, from Latin callum (“hard skin”).

Noun

kalus (plural kalus-kalus)

1. callus
   1. (dermatology) hardened part of the skin

      Synonym: kapal

   2. (surgery, orthopaedics) material of repair in fractures of bone
   3. (phytopathology) the new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Derived terms

• kalus embriogenik
• kalus terpisahkan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Manggarai [Term?].

Noun

kalus (plural kalus-kalus)

1. (dance) the handle of a whip in the caci dance

Further reading

• “kalus”, 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