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ID: 300411401
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300411401

 

Record Type: concept
klewangs (<swords by form>, swords, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Traditional one side edged swords of various tribes in Indonesia. Initially intended as a cleaver, and later used as a weapon. Dutch troops in Indonesia also called their modified cutlasses by this name.
 
Terms:
klewangs (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,PN)
klewangs (Dutch,D,U,U)
klewang (C,U,Dutch,AD,SN)
kleywang (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
calewang (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
kelewang (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.TK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name)
........ Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of weapons
............ weapons (G)
Hierarchy of edged weapons
................ edged weapons (G)
Hierarchy of swords
.................... swords (G)
Hierarchy of <swords by form>
........................ <swords by form> (G)
Hierarchy of klewangs
............................ klewangs (P,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een traditioneel aan een kant geslepen zwaard van verschillende volksstammen uit IndonesiĆ«. In eerste instantie bedoeld als hakmes, later gebruikt als wapen. Nederlandse troepen in indonesie gingen hun aangepaste 'hartsvanger' (korte sabel) ook klewang noemen. 

Sources and Contributors:
calewang............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
kelewang............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
klewang............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  AAT-Ned Editorial group (2010- )
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
klewangs............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  AAT-Ned Editorial group (2010- )
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
.................  Zonneveld, Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago (2002)
kleywang............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... AAT-Ned Editorial group (2010- )
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)

 

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