barang

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English

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Noun

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barang (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) black magic; sorcery

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧rang
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾaŋ/ [ˈba.ɾ̪ɐŋ]

Noun

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barang

  1. form of black magic that afflicts a person with bugs inside his/her body
  2. magical practice, similar to voodoo, that uses a poppet to inflict harm
  3. witchcraft; black magic; sorcery

Verb

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barang

  1. to practice barang or any form of witchcraft
  2. to inflict harm using barang

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay barang, from Classical Malay barang, from Old Malay varaṃ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (marker of indefiniteness). The meaning 'things, goods, possessions' was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

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Noun

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barang (plural barang-barang, first-person possessive barangku, second-person possessive barangmu, third-person possessive barangnya)

  1. thing:
    1. item; that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
    2. unmentionable thing, e.g. penis, etc.
  2. good, commodity
  3. baggage
    Synonyms: bagasi, muatan
    pengambilan barangbaggage claim

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Adverb

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barang

  1. approximately
    Synonyms: sedikit banyak, sekadar, kira-kira
  2. (dated) hopefully
    Synonym: mudah-mudahan
  3. marker of indefiniteness

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (marker of indefiniteness). Meaning of "thing", "goods" or "item" was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (varaṃ).

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Particle

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barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ)

  1. marker used to denote indefiniteness
    Barang siapa
    Whoever
    Barang apa
    Whatever

Noun

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barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ, plural barang-barang, informal 1st possessive barangku, 2nd possessive barangmu, 3rd possessive barangnya)

  1. thing, item
  2. goods, commodity

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (marker of indefiniteness).

Noun

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barang

  1. sort, class, type

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Masbatenyo

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Noun

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barang

  1. curse

North Moluccan Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaraŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rang

Etymology 1

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From Malay barang (item; stuff; thing; indefiniteness-marker').

Noun

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barang

  1. item; stuff; thing
    Ta so taro ngo pe barang-barang di tenda.
    I've put your things in the tent.

Adverb

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barang

  1. Used to mark or tell indefiniteness. Sometimes can be roughly translated as 'at least'.
    Kase ambe kita roko barang dua batang ka.
    Get me atleast two stick of cigarettes please.

Etymology 2

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Perhaps related to the first etymology.

Conjunction

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barang

  1. because
    Synonym: gara-gara
    Tong so tra batamang deng dia barang dia manakal.
    We're not friends with him anymore because he is naughty.

Sundanese

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Romanization

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barang

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮛᮀ

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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barang

  1. witchcraft