barang
English edit
Noun edit
barang (uncountable)
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Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barang
- form of black magic that afflicts a person with bugs inside his/her body.
- magical practice, similar to voodoo, that uses a poppet to inflict harm
- witchcraft; black magic; sorcery
Verb edit
barang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay barang, from Classical Malay barang, from Old Malay varaṃ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”). The meaning 'things, goods, possessions' was a late innovation in western Indonesia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barang (plural barang-barang, first-person possessive barangku, second-person possessive barangmu, third-person possessive barangnya)
- thing:
- item; that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- unmentionable thing, e.g. penis, etc.
- good, commodity
- baggage
- Synonyms: bagasi, muatan
- pengambilan barang ― baggage claim
Derived terms edit
- barang akar
- barang antik
- barang apa
- barang asal
- barang awet
- barang bahan
- barang baku
- barang bawaan
- barang bebas
- barang bekas
- barang benda
- barang berharga
- barang berkat
- barang besi
- barang bukti
- barang cetakan
- barang curah
- barang dagangan
- barang gawan
- barang gelap
- barang industri
- barang jadi
- barang kala
- barang kalakeran
- barang kena pajak
- barang komisi
- barang konsumen
- barang konsumsi
- barang kuno
- barang larangan
- barang logam
- barang luks
- barang makanan
- barang mewah
- barang mindringan
- barang modal
- barang mudah pakai
- barang netral
- barang normal
- barang obral
- barang pabrik
- barang pajangan
- barang pecah belah
- barang pecahan
- barang pribadi
- barang primer
- barang pusaka
- barang raja
- barang rongsokan
- barang sedia
- barang sekunder
- barang seni
- barang setengah jadi
- barang sitaan
- barang sudah
- barang sulur
- barang tahan lama
- barang tetap
- barang tua
- barang tunanilai
- barang usaha
- barang ying ching
Adverb edit
barang
- approximately
- Synonyms: sedikit banyak, sekadar, kira-kira
- (dated) hopefully
- Synonym: mudah-mudahan
- marker of indefiniteness
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “barang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”). Meaning of "thing", "goods" or "item" was a late innovation in western Indonesia.
First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (varaṃ).
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ)
- marker used to denote indefiniteness
- Barang siapa
- Whoever
- Barang apa
- Whatever
Noun edit
barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ, plural barang-barang, informal 1st possessive barangku, 2nd possessive barangmu, 3rd possessive barangnya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “barang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”).
Noun edit
barang
Derived terms edit
Masbatenyo edit
Noun edit
barang
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
barang
- Romanization of ᮘᮛᮀ
Waray-Waray edit
Noun edit
barang