orangutan English · revision 1660

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæn/, /əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæŋ/ ''(UK)''; /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is borrowed through [[nl|orang-outang]] (1631) and French ''orang-outang''^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from [[ms|orang utan|t=man of the forest]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''orang'' “man, person”^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) and ''hutan'' “forest, wilderness”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) Merriam-Webster and Random House give the source as Bazaar Malay, a Malay-based pidgin.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The great ape of Borneo and Sumatra (1690s, with 1691 in Merriam-Webster and 1699 in Barnhart).^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ According to the OED, quoted by Etymonline, the Malay phrase may first have been used by town-dwellers in Java for wild forest tribes, and Europeans may have misunderstood it as the name of the ape.^(Etymonline) The name is not now used in Malay for the animal, though there is evidence that it was so used in the 17th century.^(Etymonline) English has had many spellings, such as ''orang-outang'' and ''orangutang'', some now archaic.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1631 – Dutch ''orang-outang''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1691 – Merriam-Webster's date.^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1699 – ''Orang-Outang'' (Barnhart).^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A large tree-dwelling [[ape]] of Borneo and Sumatra, with long arms, a shaggy reddish-brown coat and no tail.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gorilla]]

+ * [[chimpanzee]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}