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dagang.

trade

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdaɡaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈda.ɡaŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. trade

  2. foreigner, traveler

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dagang, from Javanese ꦢꦒꦁ (dagang), from Old Javanese dagaṅ. The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary treated the word as a loan distribution originating either in Old Javanese dagaṅ or Malay.

noun/ˈdaɡaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈda.ɡaŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. an adult man who is unmarried and lives in his widowed mother's house

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dairi Batak [Term?]

adj/ˈdaɡaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈda.ɡaŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. foreign

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dagang, from Javanese ꦢꦒꦁ (dagang), from Old Javanese dagaṅ. The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary treated the word as a loan distribution originating either in Old Javanese dagaṅ or Malay.

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