Etymology

orang-pendek

Today it means: A cryptid reported to inhabit mountainous forests on the island of Sumatra. It is a ground-dwelling bipedal primate covered in short fur. Full definition →

Indonesian [Term?] ← Malay orang
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The story

  1. Malay · derived frompendek
  2. Malay · derived fromorang
  3. Indonesian · borrowed from[Term?]
  4. English todayorang-pendek

Borrowed from Indonesian [Term?], from orang (“person”) + pendek (“short”), with Indonesian orang from Malay orang & Indonesian pendek from Malay pendek.

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