larang

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦫꦁ (larang)

Adjective

larang

1. expensive

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧rang

Noun

larang

1. a stew of fish, coconut milk and spices

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:larang.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay larang, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *laʀaŋ (“to forbid”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaraŋ/ [ˈla.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -araŋ
• Syllabification: la‧rang

Verb

larang (active melarang, passive dilarang)

1. (transitive) to forbid, prohibit

   Synonym: haramkan

2. (transitive) to ban

Derived terms

• larangan (“prohibition”)
• larangkan
• pelarangan (“prohibition, the act of prohibiting”)
• terlarang (“forbidden, prohibited”)

Further reading

• “larang”, 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

larang

1. romanization of ꦭꦫꦁ

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: la‧rang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *laʀaŋ (“to forbid”).

Verb

larang (Jawi spelling لارڠ, formal active melarang, 3rd person passive dilarang)

1. (ditransitive, transitive) To forbid, to not allow.

   Pengunjung premis makanan dilarang merokok.

   Visitors to food premises are forbidden from smoking.

   Cikgu melarang kita menggunakan kalkulator semasa ujian.

   The teacher forbids us from using a calculator during the test.

Derived terms

• berlarangan
• larangan
• larangkan
• pelarangan
• terlarang

Descendants

• Indonesian: larang
• → Malagasy: rarana
• → Old Javanese: laraṅ
  • Javanese: larang

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau.

Adverb

larang (Jawi spelling لارڠ)

1. Not often; rarely.

   Synonym: jarang

Further reading

• “larang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Malay ladang (“farmfield, estate, plantation”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾaŋ/ [ˈlaː.ɾɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aɾaŋ
• Syllabification: la‧rang

Noun

larang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇᜅ᜔)

1. wide and open field

   Synonyms: parang, kaparangan

2. (mathematics, neologism) field
   • 1975, General Education Journal‎^[1], College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, page 8:

     Ngayon, bibigyan natin ng turing ang isang uri ng kaayusan ng mga bilang (number system) na tatawagin nating isang larang (field)…

     Now, we will define a type of a system of numbers that we will call a field.

Derived terms

• larangan

References

• Miranda, Bienvenido T.; Miranda, Salome R (1981), “Mathematical Terms in Pilipino”, in Matimyás Matematika‎^[2], volume 5, number 2