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English

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Noun

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barang (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) black magic; sorcery

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧rang
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾaŋ/ [ˈba.ɾ̪ɐŋ]

Noun

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barang

  1. form of black magic that afflicts a person with bugs inside his/her body
  2. magical practice, similar to voodoo, that uses a poppet to inflict harm
  3. witchcraft; black magic; sorcery

Verb

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barang

  1. to practice barang or any form of witchcraft
  2. to inflict harm using barang

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay barang, from Classical Malay barang, from Old Malay varaṃ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (marker of indefiniteness). The meaning 'things, goods, possessions' was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

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Noun

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barang (plural barang-barang)

  1. thing:
    1. item; that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
    2. unmentionable thing, e.g. penis, etc.
  2. good, commodity
  3. baggage
    Synonyms: bagasi, muatan
    pengambilan barangbaggage claim

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Adverb

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barang

  1. approximately
    Synonyms: sedikit banyak, sekadar, kira-kira
  2. (dated) hopefully
    Synonym: mudah-mudahan
  3. marker of indefiniteness

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (marker of indefiniteness). Meaning of "thing", "goods" or "item" was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (varaṃ).

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Particle

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barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ)

  1. marker used to denote indefiniteness
    Barang siapa
    Whoever
    Barang apa
    Whatever

Noun

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barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ, plural barang-barang, informal 1st possessive barangku, 2nd possessive barangmu, 3rd possessive barangnya)

  1. thing, item
  2. goods, commodity

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (marker of indefiniteness).

Noun

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barang

  1. sort, class, type

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Masbatenyo

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Noun

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barang

  1. curse

North Moluccan Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaraŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rang

Etymology 1

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From Malay barang (item; stuff; thing; indefiniteness-marker').

Noun

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barang

  1. item; stuff; thing
    Ta so taro ngo pe barang-barang di tenda.
    I've put your things in the tent.

Adverb

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barang

  1. Used to mark or tell indefiniteness.

Etymology 2

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Perhaps related to the first etymology.

Conjunction

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barang

  1. because
    Synonym: gara-gara
    Tong so tra batamang deng dia barang dia manakal.
    We're not friends with him anymore because he is naughty.

Sundanese

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Romanization

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barang

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮛᮀ

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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barang

  1. witchcraft