bangbang
See also: bang-bang
Acehnese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ. Doublet of bambang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bangbang
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bang‧bang
Noun edit
bangbang
- the grey nicker (Guilandina bonduc, syn. Caesalpinia bonduc)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
bangbang (plural bangbang-bangbang, first-person possessive bangbangku, second-person possessive bangbangmu, third-person possessive bangbangnya)
- salmon, salmon pink: a pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- bangbang:
Further reading edit
- “bangbang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
- Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia
Maranao edit
Adjective edit
bangbang
- completely blind
Ternate edit
Etymology 1 edit
Likely a reduplication of Indonesian bang (“adhan”), from Persian بانگ (“bâng”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bangbang
- the adhan, call to prayer
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bangbang
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh