waruṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuŋ (“unpartitioned building”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ruŋ/, [wa.rʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -aruŋ
• Hyphenation: wa‧ruṅ

Noun

waruṅ

1. temporary lodging-place

Derived terms

• awaruṅ-waruṅ

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦫꦸꦁ (warung) (inherited)
  • → Dutch: warong
  • → Indonesian: warung, waroeng (1901–1947)
    • → Tetum: warung
  • → Malay: warung
    • → English: warung
    • → Min Nan: 亞朗／亚朗 (a-lóng), 阿朗 (a-lóng)
  • → Malay: barung
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: waroeng

Further reading

• "waruṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.