waruṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, 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.rʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -rʊŋ
• Hyphenation: wa‧ruṅ

Noun

waruṅ

1. temporary lodging-place

Derived terms

• awaruṅ-waruṅ

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦫꦸꦁ (warung) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: warung
  • → Malay: واروڠ (warung)
  • → 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.