balairung

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as balai +‎ *rung, inherited from Malay balairong (compare Minangkabau balerong), from Proto-Austronesian *balay (“house, hall”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuŋ (“unpartitioned building”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ˈlai̯.rʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lai‧rung

Noun

balairung (plural balairung-balairung, first-person possessive balairungku, second-person possessive balairungmu, third-person possessive balairungnya)

1. (dated) assembly hall

Further reading

• “balairung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.