warung

English

Alternative forms

• waroeng
• warong

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian warung.

Noun

warung (plural warungs)

1. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store) — in Indonesia.
   • 2009 March 22, John Bowe, “How Green Is My Bali”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And of Mozaic Restaurant, an absolutely trumped-up Wine Spectator/Grandes Tables du Monde affair where tabs can run up to $100 or more that served food far less interesting and tasty than the $1.50 plates of nasi campur at the local restaurants called warungs.

Anagrams

• Rungwa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦫꦸꦁ (warung, “small shop, food stall”), from Old Javanese warung, waruṅ (“temporary lodging-place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwarʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: wa‧rung

Noun

warung (first-person possessive warungku, second-person possessive warungmu, third-person possessive warungnya)

1. warung

   Synonyms: kedai, lepau

   Warung tersebut menjual barang-barang konsumsi sehari - hari. ― The shop sell daily needs.

Alternative forms

• waroeng

Hyponyms

• warung hidup
• warung internet
• warung kagetan
• warung kopi
• warung remang-remang
• warung sekadup
• warung tegal
• warung telekomunikasi

 

Descendants

• → English: warung
• → Min Nan: 亞朗／亚朗 (a-lóng), 阿朗 (a-lóng)
• → Tetum: warung

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

warung

1. Romanization of ꦮꦫꦸꦁ

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese warung (ꦮꦫꦸꦁ, “small shop, food stall”), from Old Javanese warung, waruṅ (“temporary lodging-place”).

Noun

warung (Jawi spelling واروڠ, plural warung-warung, informal 1st possessive warungku, 2nd possessive warungmu, 3rd possessive warungnya)

1. warung

   Synonyms: kedai, lepau

Further reading

• “warung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.