lenting

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lenting.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /lənˈtiŋ/ [lən̪ˈt̪iŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: len‧ting

Adjective

lênting (comparative lebih lenting, superlative paling lenting)

1. elastic

Verb

lênting

1. to rebound (to bounceback from a force)

   Synonym: mengenyal

2. to bend, to flex, to wrinkle, to shrivel (to deform any object)

   Synonym: bergelung

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• melenting [agent focus] (meN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• kursi lenting (“ejection seat”)

Noun

lênting (plural lenting-lenting) (sound)

1. clink

Further reading

• Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎, second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN
• “lenting”, 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