parang

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See also: părâng and Parang

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Etymology 1

From Malay parang.

Noun

parang (plural parangs)

  1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
    • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:
      “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”

Verb

parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)

  1. To cut with a parang

See also

Etymology 2

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

Noun

parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)

  1. A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.

Verb

parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)

  1. To play parang music

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

Noun

parang (first-person possessive parangku, second-person possessive parangmu, third-person possessive parangnya)

  1. a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete.
  2. a classic batik motif.
  3. (zoology) dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).
    Synonyms: bale-bale, pacal, parang, parang-parang, tegap
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root

parang

  1. see parangan entry

Further reading

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparaŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rang

Noun

parang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉ)

  1. field, treeless plain

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

Pronunciation

Noun

parang (Jawi spelling ڤارڠ, plural parang-parang, informal 1st possessive parangku, 2nd possessive parangmu, 3rd possessive parangnya)

  1. a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: parang
  • → English: parang
  • → Macanese: parám
  • → Tagalog: paláng

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)

  1. meadow; prairie
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From para +‎ -ng (“enclitic”).

Adjective

parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of para

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

parang

  1. grass

Derived terms

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