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Definitions and meaning of rotan

rotan

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay rotan (“cane”), doublet of rattan.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈɹotɑn/

Noun

rotan (plural rotans)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian рота́н (rotán, “Amur sleeper”).

Noun

rotan (plural not attested)

1. (uncommon) Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)

Anagrams

• Taron, rat on, trona, NOTAR, Arnot, natro-, Trona, Raton, toran, orant, Tonra

Dutch

Alternative forms

• rottang, rotting

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rotan. The forms rottang and its alteration rotting predate the current standard form rotan in Dutch, rottang being first attested as early as 1603.

Pronunciation

Noun

rotan m (plural rotans, diminutive rotannetje n)

1. rattan

   Synonym: rotting

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rottang
• → French: rotin (from the form rotting)
  • → Portuguese: rotim
• → Swedish: rotting (from the form rotting)
  • → Finnish: rottinki

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rotan”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• rotan on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Noun

rotan

1. genitive/accusative singular of rotta

Anagrams

• raton, toran

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed raut +‎ -an, inherited from Malay rotan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.tan/
• Rhymes: -tan
• Hyphenation: ro‧tan

Noun

rotan (plural rotan-rotan)

1. rattan (Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.)
2. whipped by a rattan

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rotan” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From raut +‎ -an, from raut (“to trim, pare down”), doublet of rautan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotan/ [ˈro.t̪an]
• (Cocos) IPA^(key): [ˈʁo.t̪an], [ˈo.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

rotan (Jawi spelling روتن, plural rotan-rotan)

1. rattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)
2. (by extension) rattan (a cane made from rattan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: rotan
• → Dutch: rotan, rottang, rotting
  • Afrikaans: rottang
  • → French: rotin (from the form rotting)
    • → Portuguese: rotim
  • → Swedish: rotting (from the form rotting)
    • → Finnish: rottinki
• → English: rattan
• → English: rotan (noun)

Verb

rotan (Jawi spelling روتن)

1. to cane with a rattan
2. (by extension) to cane

Descendants

• → English: rotan (verb)

References

Further reading

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.tɑn/

Adjective

rōtan

1. inflection of rōt:
   1. weak accusative masculine/feminine singular
   2. weak genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular
   3. weak nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural

Spanish

Verb

rotan

1. third-person plural present indicative of rotar