warung

English

Alternative forms

• waroeng
• warong

Etymology

From Indonesian warung.

Noun

warung (plural warungs)

1. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store) — in Indonesia.
   • 2009 March 22, John Bowe, “How Green Is My Bali”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And of Mozaic Restaurant, an absolutely trumped-up Wine Spectator/Grandes Tables du Monde affair where tabs can run up to $100 or more that served food far less interesting and tasty than the $1.50 plates of nasi campur at the local restaurants called warungs.

Anagrams

• Rungwa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese warung (ꦮꦫꦸꦁ, “small shop, food stall”), from Old Javanese warung, waruṅ (“temporary lodging-place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwarʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: wa‧rung

Noun

warung (first-person possessive warungku, second-person possessive warungmu, third-person possessive warungnya)

1. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store).

   Synonyms: kedai, lepau

   Warung tersebut menjual barang-barang konsumsi sehari - hari. ― The shop sell daily needs.

Alternative forms

• waroeng

Hyponyms

• warung hidup
• warung internet
• warung kagetan
• warung kopi
• warung remang-remang
• warung sekadup
• warung tegal
• warung telekomunikasi

 

Descendants

• → English: warung
• → Min Nan: 亞朗／亚朗 (a-lóng), 阿朗 (a-lóng)
• → Tetum: warung

Further reading

• “warung” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese warung (ꦮꦫꦸꦁ, “small shop, food stall”), from Old Javanese warung, waruṅ (“temporary lodging-place”).

Noun

warung (Jawi spelling واروڠ, plural warung-warung, informal 1st possessive warungku, 2nd possessive warungmu, 3rd possessive warungnya)

1. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store).

   Synonyms: kedai, lepau

Further reading

• “warung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.