anrong
Makasar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *indu-ŋ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anrong
- mother (also of animals)
- anrongku ― my mother
- anrong ao ― step mother
- anrong jangang ― mother hen
- in compounds: that which is considered the principal part of something, the leading person of a community
- anrong tau ― village head
- anrong lima ― thumb
- anrong bulaeng ― gold ore