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The Kalaṅkyaṅ in Old Javanese Literature: From Bird of Prey to Mirror Image of the Poet
Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Vol. 178, No. 2/3, 2022 The Kalaṅkyaṅ in Old Javanese Literature... The article discusses an enigmatic Old Javanese bird named kalaṅkyaṅ. The avian species ...
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The Word ‘Orangutan’: Old Malay Origin or European Concoction?
I argue against this view, using data from Old Javanese texts and historical-linguistic analysis to show that orangutans have been referred to by this term since the first millennium ce. My findings ...
Where did English get the words ‘sampan’ and ‘junk’ from? Probably Cantonese and Javanese
Scholars are split on the roots of 'sampan' and 'junk', with some pointing to Chinese and others to Old Malay and Javanese ...