omong

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay omong, from Betawi [Term?], from Javanese omong (“to say; to talk”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈomoŋ/ [ˈo.mɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -omoŋ
• Syllabification: o‧mong

Noun

omong (plural omong-omong)

1. speech
2. parlance
3. dialect
4. talk
5. language
6. word

Derived terms

• beromong-omong
• mengomong
• mengomongkan
• ngomong
• ngomong-ngomong
• omong-omong
• omongan
• pengomongan

• omong kosong

Further reading

• “omong”, 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