Penyang

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Ngaju Dayak (Indonesia)

Meaning

a masculine name from the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, whose indigenous religion — Kaharingan — recognises the cosmic separation between the upperworld (Lewu Tatau) and the underworld (Lewu Bungai) and whose traditional longhouse culture and elaborate mortuary rituals represent one of the richest indigenous ceremonial traditions of maritime Southeast Asia; the Ngaju language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family and is a major lingua franca of Central Kalimantan; Penyang reflects the tonal and phonological patterns of Ngaju naming, which draw on the natural world of the Borneo interior — the tropical forests, rivers, and wildlife — and on the spirit beings of the Kaharingan cosmological world

Gender

male