Kalimantan

English

Etymology

From Indonesian Kalimantan.

Proper noun

Kalimantan

  1. The Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.

Derived terms

Noun

Kalimantan (plural Kalimantans)

  1. (anthropology) A member of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group native to Kalimantan island.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kalimantan. In the current sense derived from Indonesian Kalimantan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.liˈmɑn.tɑn/
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧li‧man‧tan

Proper noun

Kalimantan n

  1. Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo) [from mid or late 1940s]
  2. (obsolete) Borneo [19th–early 20th c.]

Derived terms


Finnish

Etymology

From Indonesian Kalimantan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlimɑntɑn/, [ˈkɑliˌmɑn̪t̪ɑn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntɑn
  • Syllabification(key): Ka‧li‧man‧tan

Proper noun

Kalimantan

  1. Kalimantan

Declension

Inflection of Kalimantan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kalimantan
genitive Kalimantanin
partitive Kalimantania
illative Kalimantaniin
singular plural
nominative Kalimantan
accusative nom. Kalimantan
gen. Kalimantanin
genitive Kalimantanin
partitive Kalimantania
inessive Kalimantanissa
elative Kalimantanista
illative Kalimantaniin
adessive Kalimantanilla
ablative Kalimantanilta
allative Kalimantanille
essive Kalimantanina
translative Kalimantaniksi
instructive
abessive Kalimantanitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Kalimantan (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Kalimantanini Kalimantanimme
2nd person Kalimantanisi Kalimantaninne
3rd person Kalimantaninsa

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown

  • possibly from Sanskrit काल (kāla, time) + मन्थान (manthāna, churning).
  • possibly from Javanese ("diamond river")

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.liˈman.tan]
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧li‧man‧tan

Proper noun

Kalimantan

  1. (geography) An island in Indonesia.
  2. A former province of the Indonesia, capital: Banjarmasin.

Noun

Kalimantan

  1. (anthropology) A member of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group native to Kalimantan island.

Compounds

Descendants

  • English: Kalimantan
  • Dutch: Kalimantan

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