sarung

English

Noun

sarung (plural sarungs)

1. Alternative form of sarong

Anagrams

• sungar

Balinese

Romanization

sarung

1. Romanization of ᬲᬭᬸᬂ

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaruŋ/ [ˈsa.rʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -aruŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧rung

Noun

sarung (plural sarung-sarung)

1. sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)
2. sheath (tight-fitting dress)
3. (slang, prostitution) condom

   Synonym: kondom

Verb

sarung (active menyarung, passive disarung)

1. to sheathe

   Synonym: sarungkan

Derived terms

• bersarung (“sheathed”)
• sarungkan (“to sheathe”)
• tersarung (“sheathed”)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saruŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “sarung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

sarung

1. Romanization of ꦱꦫꦸꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /saroŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /sarʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -aroŋ, -roŋ, -oŋ

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Noun

sarung (Jawi spelling ساروڠ, plural sarung-sarung, informal 1st possessive sarungku, 2nd possessive sarungmu, 3rd possessive sarungnya)

1. sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)
2. scabbard; sheath

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyarung [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyarungan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• sarungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menyarung [agent focus] (meN-)
• menyarungkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menyarungi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• disarung [patient focus] (di-)
• disarungkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• disarungi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tersarung [agentless action] (teR-)
• bersarung [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sarung tangan (“glove”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: sarung
• → Afrikaans: sarong
• → Burmese: သားလှောင် (sa:hlaung)
• → Cebuano: sarong
• → Dutch: saroeng
  • → French: sarong
    • → Romanian: sarong
  • → Spanish: sarong
• → English: sarong
• → Karao: sarong

Further reading

• “sarung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sarʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -arʊŋ, -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ

Noun

sarung (Sundanese script ᮞᮛᮥᮀ)

1. sarong (garment made of batik or ikat cloth wrapped about the waist)
2. sheath (sheath for traditional Sundanese weapon (usually kujang, kris, etc.))