legongn.

Brit.

/lɛˈɡɒŋ/, U.S.

/lɛˈɡɔŋ/,

/lɛˈɡɑŋ/

Forms: 1800s– legong, 1900s– leggong.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Balinese. Etymons: Dutch legong; Balinese legong.

Etymology: < Dutch legong girl who performs a dance of this kind (1896 in the passage translated, or earlier), the dance itself (1901 or earlier), and its etymon Balinese legong a form of dance, a girl who performs the dance (19th cent. or earlier; > Indonesian legong).

1. A girl who dances the legong (see sense 2).

ΚΠ

1897 E. J. Taylor tr. W. Cool With Dutch in East iii. 94 The..lègongs [Du. lègongs] displayed their musical and dancing talents.

1967 X. Zarina Classic Dances of Orient 143 Two little girl Legongs who must have been about twelve years old.

1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. c13 The condong, or court attendant, is joined by two identical legongs, or dancers.

2. A form of Balinese dance performed by girls who have not yet reached puberty; a performance of such a dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > Malaysia and Indonesia

monkey dance1785

ronggeng1855

joget1895

legong1926

ketjak1937

trance dancing1956

1926 ‘E. Mordaunt’ Further Venture Bk. xxiii. 291 For three days preparations have been going on for a..Legong..given by a man who has won a law-suit.

1930 H. Powell Last Paradise xii. 109 Runis and Madé Réi were nine years old... They danced the sacred traditional measures of the legong.

1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend ix. 263 This dance was called Legong; it was danced to the music of an orchestra of bamboo xylophones and small brass gongs.

2001 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 3 June 33 Characterised by puppet-like flicks of the limbs..legong is now the best-known dance form of its kind in Indonesia, thanks to tourist culture.

Compounds

General attributive and objective, as legong dancer, legong dance, etc.

ΚΠ

1928 Illustr. London News 4 Feb. 174/1 (caption) A legong fan made of prada (gold-leaf ornaments glued on silk).

1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 228 A very popular dance that seems related to the legong is the djogéd, performed by a girl in a variation of the legong costume and in the traditional legong steps.

1942 G. Bateson & M. Mead Balinese Char. 92/1 The legong performers are not in a trance.

1971 Walkabout (Austral.) Nov. 73/1 I was sitting at this beautiful bar, listening to the distant flurry of the Legong dance.

1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. v. 27/1 On evenings when there's a legong performance in Peliatan, the Bina Wisata tourist office runs a free shuttle bus.

2008 K. Jennings Stanley & Sophie 130 She'd been a famous Legong dancer in her time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	legong
释义	legongn. Brit. /lɛˈɡɒŋ/, U.S. /lɛˈɡɔŋ/, /lɛˈɡɑŋ/ Forms: 1800s– legong, 1900s– leggong. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Balinese. Etymons: Dutch legong; Balinese legong. Etymology: < Dutch legong girl who performs a dance of this kind (1896 in the passage translated, or earlier), the dance itself (1901 or earlier), and its etymon Balinese legong a form of dance, a girl who performs the dance (19th cent. or earlier; > Indonesian legong). 1. A girl who dances the legong (see sense 2). ΚΠ 1897 E. J. Taylor tr. W. Cool With Dutch in East iii. 94 The..lègongs [Du. lègongs] displayed their musical and dancing talents. 1967 X. Zarina Classic Dances of Orient 143 Two little girl Legongs who must have been about twelve years old. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. c13 The condong, or court attendant, is joined by two identical legongs, or dancers. 2. A form of Balinese dance performed by girls who have not yet reached puberty; a performance of such a dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > Malaysia and Indonesia monkey dance1785 ronggeng1855 joget1895 legong1926 ketjak1937 trance dancing1956 1926 ‘E. Mordaunt’ Further Venture Bk. xxiii. 291 For three days preparations have been going on for a..Legong..given by a man who has won a law-suit. 1930 H. Powell Last Paradise xii. 109 Runis and Madé Réi were nine years old... They danced the sacred traditional measures of the legong. 1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend ix. 263 This dance was called Legong; it was danced to the music of an orchestra of bamboo xylophones and small brass gongs. 2001 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 3 June 33 Characterised by puppet-like flicks of the limbs..legong is now the best-known dance form of its kind in Indonesia, thanks to tourist culture. Compounds General attributive and objective, as legong dancer, legong dance, etc. ΚΠ 1928 Illustr. London News 4 Feb. 174/1 (caption) A legong fan made of prada (gold-leaf ornaments glued on silk). 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 228 A very popular dance that seems related to the legong is the djogéd, performed by a girl in a variation of the legong costume and in the traditional legong steps. 1942 G. Bateson & M. Mead Balinese Char. 92/1 The legong performers are not in a trance. 1971 Walkabout (Austral.) Nov. 73/1 I was sitting at this beautiful bar, listening to the distant flurry of the Legong dance. 1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. v. 27/1 On evenings when there's a legong performance in Peliatan, the Bina Wisata tourist office runs a free shuttle bus. 2008 K. Jennings Stanley & Sophie 130 She'd been a famous Legong dancer in her time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1897
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