The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Words for star in Melanau (Mukah)

bitaŋ

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star
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Acehnese bintaŋ star; order of knighthood
Bintulu bitaŋ star
Melanau (Mukah) bitaŋ star
Dairi-Pakpak Batak bintaŋ star; medal, medallion
Simalur bintaŋ tumabar Orion, name of a weaving design
Toba Batak par-bintaŋ-an constellation
bintaŋ star; decoration, medal
Karo Batak bintaŋ star; moon
piga bintaŋ how many months?
er-bintaŋ-bintaŋ singing of girls as they pound rice in concert in a wooden mortar
Iban bintaŋ star; medal, decoration
Malay bintaŋ star; heavenly body; constellation; fig., the star of a knightly order
Nias bita medal, medallion
Mongondow bintaŋ star of diamond in the forehead with which -- according to legend -- some princes and princesses are born
Ngaju Dayak bintaŋ star. The Dayaks have no astronomy, and no astrology. They name only a few stars: 'Mars', 'Venus as Morning Star', '("death star") Venus as Evening Star'
Rejang bitaŋ star
bitaŋ tlew the Pleiades, the stars that signal the start of rice planting
Buginese bintaŋ star
Wolio binta medal, decoration, mark of honor
Makassarese bintaŋ sign of distinction, decoration, medal; star on old coins
Lampung bintaŋ star
Sundanese bintaŋ star; medal, decoration
Old Javanese ka-wintaŋ-an sown with stars
wintaŋ star, planet (often used in comparisons)
Javanese bintaŋ (star-shaped) award medal; star
Balinese bintaŋ star
Sasak bintaŋ star
bintaŋ empet a certain weaving pattern
Malagasy víntana fortune, fate, lot, destiny, luck