sarung
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English
Noun
sarung (plural sarungs)
- Alternative form of sarong
Anagrams
Balinese
Romanization
sarung
- Romanization of ᬲᬭᬸᬂ
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sarung, from Classical Malay sarung, from Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sarung (first-person possessive sarungku, second-person possessive sarungmu, third-person possessive sarungnya)
- sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)
- sheath (tight-fitting dress)
- (slang, prostitution) condom
- Synonym: kondom
Further reading
- “sarung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
sarung
- Romanization of ꦱꦫꦸꦁ
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /saroŋ/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /sarʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -aroŋ, -roŋ, -oŋ
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
Noun
sarung (Jawi spelling ساروڠ, plural sarung-sarung, informal 1st possessive sarungku, 2nd possessive sarungmu, 3rd possessive sarungnya)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penyarung (peN-)
- penyarungan (peN- + -an)
- sarungan (-an)
- menyarung (meN-)
- menyarungkan (meN- + -kan)
- menyarungi (meN- + -i)
- disarung (di-)
- disarungkan (di- + -kan)
- disarungi (di- + -i)
- tersarung (teR-)
- bersarung (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- sarung tangan (“glove”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: sarung
- → Afrikaans: sarong
- → Burmese: သားလှောင် (sa:hlaung)
- → Cebuano: sarong
- → Dutch: saroeng
- → English: sarong
- → Karao: sarong
Further reading
- “sarung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese
Romanization
sarung
- Romanization of ᮞᮛᮥᮀ