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Noun

barang (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) black magic; sorcery

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧rang
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾaŋ/

Noun

barang

  1. form of black magic that afflicts a person with bugs inside his/her body
  2. magical practice, similar to voodoo, that uses a poppet to inflict harm
  3. witchcraft; black magic; sorcery

Verb

barang

  1. to practice barang or any form of witchcraft
  2. to inflict harm using barang

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

barang (plural barang-barang)

  1. thing:
    1. item; that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
    2. unmentionable thing, e.g. penis, etc.
  2. good, commodity
  3. baggage
    Synonyms: bagasi, muatan
    pengambilan barang ― baggage claim

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Adverb

barang

  1. approximately
    Synonyms: sedikit banyak, sekadar, kira-kira
  2. (dated) hopefully
    Synonym: mudah-mudahan
  3. marker of indefiniteness

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Malay

Etymology

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 (varaṃ).

Pronunciation

Particle

barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ)

  1. marker used to denote indefiniteness
    Barang siapa
    Whoever
    Barang apa
    Whatever

Noun

barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ, plural barang-barang, informal 1st possessive barangku, 2nd possessive barangmu, 3rd possessive barangnya)

  1. thing, item
  2. goods, commodity

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Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”).

Noun

barang

  1. sort, class, type

Derived terms

Masbatenyo

Noun

barang

  1. curse

North Moluccan Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaraŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rang

Etymology 1

From Malay barang (“item; stuff; thing; indefiniteness-marker'”).

Noun

barang

  1. item; stuff; thing
    Ta so taro ngo pe barang-barang di tenda.
    I've put your things in the tent.

Adverb

barang

  1. Used to mark or tell indefiniteness.

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to the first etymology.

Conjunction

barang

  1. because
    Synonym: gara-gara
    Tong so tra batamang deng dia barang dia manakal.
    We're not friends with him anymore because he is naughty.

Sundanese

Romanization

barang

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮛᮀ

Waray-Waray

Noun

barang

  1. witchcraft
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