warung

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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:
      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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese warung (ꦮꦫꦸꦁ, 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. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store).
    Synonyms: kedai, lepau
    Warung tersebut menjual barang-barang konsumsi sehari - hari.The shop sell daily needs.

Alternative forms

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)[1]
  • Tetum: warung

References

  1. Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

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. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store).
    Synonyms: kedai, lepau

Further reading

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