raraban

Sundanese

Etymology

Variant of laraban, from larab (“to multiply”) +‎ -an, from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit, multiply”). Cognate with Indonesian darab (“product of multiplication”)

Noun

raraban

1. (arithmetic) multiplication
2. (arithmetic) multiplication table

   "Anu pangheulana hapal raraban opat tiasa uih ti heula."

   "The first one who memorizes the multiplication of four gets to go home first."

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia