layang-layangBahasa Indonesia

kite, swallow, swift

Less common #14,611 of the corpus · 3.6 per million words · 15,352 occurrences

From layang (reduplication) · less common, #18,684

Noun

Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper, flown in wind at end of a string

English: kite

Bahasa: wau

Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

English: swallow

Bahasa: burung layang-layang

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A small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

English: swift

Bahasa: kelayang, burung layang-layang

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1 more noun senses

Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

English: kite

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