"luang" meaning in Malay

See luang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈluaŋ/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈlu.aŋ] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: لواڠ [Jawi], lebih luang [comparative], paling luang [superlative]
Rhymes: -aŋ Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*luaŋ}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*luaŋ|t=hole in the ground; wide open space}} Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”), {{doublet|ms|lowong|lubang}} Doublet of lowong and lubang Head templates: {{ms-adj|j=لواڠ}} luang (Jawi spelling لواڠ, comparative lebih luang, superlative paling luang)
  1. vacant, empty: not occupied. Synonyms: kosong, lowong
    Sense id: en-luang-ms-adj-Ll781JfB Categories (other): Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 37 11 1 11 1 1 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 72 16 12
  2. free, not busy. Synonyms: senggang
    Sense id: en-luang-ms-adj-ZF1Gu-Lc

Verb

IPA: /ˈluaŋ/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈlu.aŋ] [Standard-Indonesian]
Rhymes: -aŋ Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*luaŋ}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*luaŋ|t=hole in the ground; wide open space}} Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”), {{doublet|ms|lowong|lubang}} Doublet of lowong and lubang Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|in the form of|meluang}} luang (in the form of meluang)
  1. to abate, to recede, to be still (of weather) Derived forms: berpeluang, keluangan, meluangkan, peluang, terluang
    Sense id: en-luang-ms-verb-SC70xRwv
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "lowong",
      "lowong#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "lubang",
      "lubang#Malay"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ",
        "t": "hole in the ground; wide open space"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "lowong",
        "3": "lubang"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lowong and lubang",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لواڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lebih luang",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling luang",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "لواڠ"
      },
      "expansion": "luang (Jawi spelling لواڠ, comparative lebih luang, superlative paling luang)",
      "name": "ms-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lu‧ang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "lu‧ang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 11 1 11 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 16 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vacant, empty: not occupied."
      ],
      "id": "en-luang-ms-adj-Ll781JfB",
      "links": [
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupied"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kosong"
        },
        {
          "word": "lowong"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sibuk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "free, not busy."
      ],
      "id": "en-luang-ms-adj-ZF1Gu-Lc",
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "busy",
          "busy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "senggang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlu.aŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luang"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "lowong",
      "lowong#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "lubang",
      "lubang#Malay"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ",
        "t": "hole in the ground; wide open space"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "lowong",
        "3": "lubang"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lowong and lubang",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "in the form of",
        "4": "meluang"
      },
      "expansion": "luang (in the form of meluang)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lu‧ang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "lu‧ang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "berpeluang"
        },
        {
          "word": "keluangan"
        },
        {
          "word": "meluangkan"
        },
        {
          "word": "peluang"
        },
        {
          "word": "terluang"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to abate, to recede, to be still (of weather)"
      ],
      "id": "en-luang-ms-verb-SC70xRwv",
      "links": [
        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "recede",
          "recede"
        ],
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlu.aŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luang"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay adjectives",
    "Malay doublets",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "lowong",
      "lowong#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "lubang",
      "lubang#Malay"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ",
        "t": "hole in the ground; wide open space"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "lowong",
        "3": "lubang"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lowong and lubang",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لواڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lebih luang",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling luang",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "لواڠ"
      },
      "expansion": "luang (Jawi spelling لواڠ, comparative lebih luang, superlative paling luang)",
      "name": "ms-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lu‧ang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "lu‧ang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vacant, empty: not occupied."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupied"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kosong"
        },
        {
          "word": "lowong"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sibuk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "free, not busy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "busy",
          "busy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "senggang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlu.aŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luang"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Malay adjectives",
    "Malay doublets",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "berpeluang"
    },
    {
      "word": "keluangan"
    },
    {
      "word": "meluangkan"
    },
    {
      "word": "peluang"
    },
    {
      "word": "terluang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "*luaŋ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/luaŋ"
    ],
    [
      "lowong",
      "lowong#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "lubang",
      "lubang#Malay"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*luaŋ",
        "t": "hole in the ground; wide open space"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "lowong",
        "3": "lubang"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lowong and lubang",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "in the form of",
        "4": "meluang"
      },
      "expansion": "luang (in the form of meluang)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lu‧ang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "lu‧ang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to abate, to recede, to be still (of weather)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "recede",
          "recede"
        ],
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlu.aŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luang"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: in the form of meluang",
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