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Inherited from Malay telaga (attested in Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD as Old Malay [script needed] (talāga)), from Old Javanese talaga (“tank, pool, pond”).[1] Cognate of Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga), Kapampangan talaga, Sundanese talaga (“lake”), and Ternate talaga (“lake”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈlaɡa/ [t̪əˈla.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: te‧la‧ga

têlaga (plural **telaga-telaga)

1. lake
   Synonym: danau

2. pond
   Synonyms: kolam, perigi, balong

3. (mining) oil well

4. ^ Tom Hoogervorst (31 December 2017), Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎[1], ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

• “telaga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD.

telaga (Jawi spelling تلاݢ, plural **telaga-telaga or **telaga2)

1. well
2. lake
3. (archaic) pond
4. ellipsis of telaga tahi (“water closet, lavatory; toilet”)
5. ellipsis of telaga minyak (“oil well”)

• > Indonesian: telaga (inherited)
• → Ternate: talaga
• "telaga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [_Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)_] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017