garasi

Banoni

Etymology

Borrowed from English grass.

Noun

garasi

1. grass

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay garasi from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”) either directly or via Dutch, derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈra.si]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧si

Noun

garasi (plural garasi-garasi)

1. garage, a building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items

   Synonym: kandang mobil

Further reading

• “garasi”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Doublet of garaj via English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrasi/ [ɡaˈra.si]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧si

Noun

garasi (plural garasi-garasi or garasi²)

1. (Indonesia) garage

   Synonym: (Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei) garaj