bagong

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡoŋ/ [ˈba.ɡɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -aɡoŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧gong

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦒꦺꦴꦁ (bagong). Equivalent to ber- +‎ agung.

Adjective

bagong (comparative lebih bagong, superlative paling bagong)

1. (archaic) grand and heavy
2. (humorous) very big

Noun

bagong (plural bagong-bagong)

1. (dialectal, Java) palace retainer

Derived terms

• (dialectal) bagongan (“language of palace”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese bagong. Doublet of babi.

Noun

bagong (plural bagong-bagong)

1. (dialectal) synonym of celeng (“boar”)

Further reading

• “bagong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

bagong

1. romanization of ꦧꦒꦺꦴꦁ

Sarawak Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡoŋ/

Noun

bagong

1. goose

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡoŋ/

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Noun

bagong (Sundanese script ᮘᮌᮧᮍ᮪)

1. wild boar
2. (vulgar) bitch, motherfucker

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bagong