gantang

• gantan, ganton, gantong

From Malay gantang. Doublet of ganta.

gantang (plural gantangs)

1. (Malaysia) An imperial gallon.

• ganta

From Malay gantang.

• Hyphenation: gan‧tang

gantang

1. a ganta

• → Spanish: ganta
  • → English: ganta
  • → Tagalog: ganta

From Malay gantang.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡan.t̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: gan‧tang

gantang (first-person possessive gantangku, second-person possessive gantangmu, third-person possessive gantangnya)

1. a cubic measure equal to 3.125 kg
2. a bushel

   melukut di tepi gantang ― of little importance or insignificant (literally, “broken rice grains by the bushel”)

Used for measuring rice, beans, etc.

• “gantang” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡan.taŋ/, [ˈɡän.t̪äŋ]
• Rhymes: -taŋ, -aŋ

gantang (Jawi spelling ݢنتاڠ, plural gantang-gantang, informal 1st possessive gantangku, 2nd possessive gantangmu, 3rd possessive gantangnya)

1. an imperial gallon
2. a bushel

   melukut di tepi gantang ― insignificant (literally, “broken rice grains by the bushel”)

• Indonesian: gantang
• → Cebuano: gantang
  • → Spanish: ganta
    • → English: ganta
    • → Tagalog: ganta
• → English: gantang

gantang (Jawi spelling ݢنتاڠ)

1. to measure out by gallon

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