# batang
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧tang
* IPA: /baˈtaŋ/ [bɐˈt̪aŋ]
* IPA: /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪ɐŋ]

### Noun

batáng or batang
* log

### Verb

batáng or batang
* to lie prostrate
* to keep in one place
* to stay in one place permanently
* to stick around

#### Derived terms

* pabatang (“kind of longline fishing”)

### Anagrams

* atbang, tabang

## Iban
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

### Noun

batang
* Principal member or part of class or thing.
    batang ai ― main river (with its tributaries)
    batang jalai ― main road
    batang kayu ― tree trunk
* log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
* (in compound) (major) river

### Classifier

batang (singular sebatang)
* Numeral classifier for cylindrical objects.

### References

* Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪aŋ]
* Rhymes: -ataŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧tang

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay batang, from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.
* Semantic loan from Banjarese for bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft.
* Semantic loan from Malay (Riau dialect) for ship steering link.
* Semantic loan from Bacanese Malay for a large collection of wood floating in the sea.
* Semantic loan from Central Malay for pantun verses in oral literature.

#### Noun

batang (plural batang-batang)
* log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
* staff, bar (any long, thin object)
* branch (any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree)
* (vulgar) shaft (the main cylindrical part of the penis)
* (obsolete) river
* bicycle frame
    Synonyms: kali, sungai
* (dialect) bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft
* (dialect) ship steering link
* (dialect) a large collection of wood floating in the sea
* (dialect) pantun verses in oral literature

#### Classifier

batang (singular sebatang)
* used to count anything that has the shape similar to a bar or shaft

#### Derived terms

* batangan
* berbatang
* sebatang
* batang air (“river”)
* batang bor (“drill rod”)
* batang bunga (“scape”)
* batang buruk (“bar cake made of various flour”)
* batang garing (“tree of life”)
* batang hari (“midday; main river”)
* batang hidung (“nose bridge”)
* batang kabu-kabu (“cannon”)
* batang kaki (“leg”)
* batang kalam (“pen”)
* batang kayu (“log”)
* batang otak (“brainstem”)
* batang pengaduk (“glass rod”)
* batang penis (“corpus cavernosum penis”)
* batang piston (“connecting rod”)
* batang rambut (“hairshaft”)
* batang tubuh (“torso”)

##### Holonyms

* pohon

### Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ, from the same source as above, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

#### Noun

batang (plural batang-batang)
* (archaic, dialect) corpse
    Synonyms: bangkai, mayat

### Further reading

* “batang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey)
** IPA: (noun) /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈbaː.tʌŋ]
*** Rhymes: -ataŋ
** IPA: (adverb) /baˈtaŋ/ [bʌˈtʌŋ]
*** Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧tang

### Noun

bátang
* pine tree

#### Derived terms

* batbatang
* binatang
* kabatangan
* sinkabatang

### Adverb

batáng
* alternatively

#### Derived terms

* binatang

### References

* Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎ (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 2024-09-25
* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “batang”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 73

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪aŋ]
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ataŋ
* Hyphenation: ba‧tang

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

#### Noun

batang (Jawi spelling باتڠ, plural batang-batang, informal 1st possessive batangku, 2nd possessive batangmu, 3rd possessive batangnya)
* a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches
    Synonym: balak
* a rod; a straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
* a branch, any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
    Synonym: cabang
* a river (large stream which drains a landmass)
    Synonym: sungai

##### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* batangan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* membatang [agent focus] (meN-)
* berbatangkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

#### Classifier

batang (singular sebatang)
* classifier for log, rod or something like log or rod.

### Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ (“corpse”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

#### Noun

batang (Jawi spelling باتڠ, plural batang-batang, informal 1st possessive batangku, 2nd possessive batangmu, 3rd possessive batangnya)
* (archaic) corpse
    Synonym: mayat

### Etymology 3

Cognate of Balinese ᬯᬵᬢᬂ (watang, “cause”), Javanese ꦧꦠꦁ (batang, “to answer”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

batang (used in the form membatang)
* to read (say what is written)

##### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* membatang [agent focus] (meN-)

### Further reading

* “batang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

### Noun

batang
* log
* branch (of a tree)

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

### Noun

batang
* letter (of any alphabet)

### Verb

batang
* to perch, to alight

#### Derived terms

* batanga'
* batangan

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

### Noun

batang
* tree trunk, fallen tree, log
* stem of a plant

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. Doublet of catang.

### Noun

batang (Sundanese script ᮘᮒᮀ)
* the dead (corpse or carcass)
* spear

#### Usage notes

* First sense only found in the term kurung batang.

#### Derived terms

* babatang
* kurung batang
* pamatang

### Further reading

* Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
* "BATANG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐŋ]
* Rhymes: -ataŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧tang

### Noun

batang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔)
* (dialectal, Marinduque) log (piece of wood)
    Synonyms: troso, kalap

### Anagrams

* tabang, tab-ang

## Yakan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

### Noun

batang
* tree trunk
* stalk

### Noun

batang
* letter (of an alphabet)
* consonant (in the Arabic abjad)