English
kalong
Kalong comes from Malay kalong ‘a fruit bat or megabat’.
- Malaymodernkalong‘a fruit bat or megabat’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Malaymodernkalong‘a fruit bat or megabat’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Malay kalong
Today it means
noun A fruit bat, especially the black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay kalong / kalong