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Brunei Malay
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Pronunciation
Noun
acang
- pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)
Indonesian
Noun
acang (first-person possessive acangku, second-person possessive acangmu, third-person possessive acangnya)
- gage pole
- erection (aceng)
- messenger (acang-acang)
- fish (acang-acang)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).
The sense of "messenger" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages.
Pronunciation
Noun
acang (Jawi spelling ], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)
- (Brunei Malay) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae).
- a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang.
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References
Further reading
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.