acang

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.t͡ʃaŋ/

Noun

acang

  1. pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)

Indonesian

Noun

acang (first-person possessive acangku, second-person possessive acangmu, third-person possessive acangnya)

  1. gage pole
  2. erection (aceng)
  3. messenger (acang-acang)
  4. fish (acang-acang)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).[1]

The sense of "messenger" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /acaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

acang (Jawi spelling [[#Malay|]], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)

  1. (Brunei Malay) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae).
  2. a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

References
  1. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *acaŋ

Further reading
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
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