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barang.

thing, item

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.raŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. thing, item

  2. thing (unmentionable thing, e.g. penis)

  3. good, commodity

  4. baggage

    pengambilan barang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay barang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”). The meaning 'things, goods, possessions' was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

noun/ˈbaraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.raŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. one of the notes in the slendro scale, symbolized by the number one

  2. one of the notes in the pelog scale, symbolized by the number seven

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese barang (“a gamelan scale; a gamelan certain note”), from Old Javanese baraṅ (“a particular instrument in the gamĕlan ensemble”).

adv/ˈbaraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.raŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. approximately

  2. hopefully

    dated
  3. marker of indefiniteness

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay barang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”). The meaning 'things, goods, possessions' was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

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