musang

From Malay musang.

musang (plural musangs)

1. The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), of South and Southeast Asia up to the Wallace Line.

• Asian palm civet
• coffee rat
• toddy cat

• Gusman, Magnus, Maungs, muangs, mungas

musang

1. civet (cat-like animal)

From Malay musang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ (“civet cat, Viverridae”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusaŋ/
• Hyphenation: mu‧sang

musang (first-person possessive musangku, second-person possessive musangmu, third-person possessive musangnya)

1. civet (cat-sized animal)

• “musang” 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ (“civet cat and similar small predatory mammals of the family Viverridae”). Cognate with Tagalog musang.

• IPA^(key): /musaŋ/
• Rhymes: -usaŋ, -saŋ, -aŋ

musang (Jawi spelling موسڠ, plural musang-musang, informal 1st possessive musangku, 2nd possessive musangmu, 3rd possessive musangnya)

1. civet (cat-like animal)
2. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

   Synonym: rubah

• → English: musang
• Indonesian: musang
• → Chinese: 貓山王／猫山王 (māoshānwáng)
  • → English: mao shan wang

• “musang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *musaŋ