sarung

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English

Noun

sarung (plural sarungs)

  1. Alternative form of sarong.

Anagrams

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese saruṅ (sarong), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon). Doublet of saung (sarong, sheath).

Pronunciation

Noun

sarung (Balinese script ᬲᬭᬸᬂ)

  1. sarong (garment made of batik or ikat cloth wrapped about the waist)
  2. sheath (sheath for traditional Balinese weapon (usually kris, etc.))

Further reading

  • sarung” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary , Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province .

Indonesian

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon).

Pronunciation

Noun

sarung (plural sarung-sarung)

  1. sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)
  2. sheath (tight-fitting dress)
  3. (slang, prostitution) condom
    Synonym: kondom

Verb

sarung (active menyarung, passive disarung)

  1. to sheathe
    Synonym: sarungkan

Derived terms

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saruŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

sarung

  1. 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

Noun

sarung (Jawi spelling ساروڠ, plural sarung-sarung)

  1. any kind of sheath or covering
    1. scabbard (of a bladed weapon); holster (of a gun),
    2. sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist); usually ellipsis of kain sarung

Verb

menyarungkan

  1. to put on (of clothes, rings etc)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saruŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سارڠ saroeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 15
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سارڠ sarong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 360
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sarong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 390

Further reading

Sundanese

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

Pronunciation

Noun

sarung (Sundanese script ᮞᮛᮥᮀ)

  1. sarong (garment made of batik or ikat cloth wrapped about the waist)
  2. sheath (sheath for traditional Sundanese weapon (usually kujang, kris, etc.))