orang utan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

orang (“person, man”) +‎ utan (“forest”), from Malay orang utan.

Noun

orang utan (plural orang-orang utan, first-person possessive orang utanku, second-person possessive orang utanmu, third-person possessive orang utannya)

  1. orangutan, (arboreal anthropoid ape).

Synonyms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

orang (“person, man”) +‎ utan (“forest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oraŋ utan/

Noun

orang utan (Jawi spelling اورڠ اوتن‎, plural orang-orang utan, informal first-person possessive orang utanku, informal second-person possessive orang utanmu, third-person possessive orang utannya)

  1. orangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape).

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