sarung

sarung (plural sarungs)

1. Alternative form of sarong.

• sungar

Borrowed from Old Javanese saruṅ (“sarong”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Doublet of saung (“sarong, sheath”).

• IPA^(key): /sarʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -arʊŋ
• Hyphenation: sa‧rung

sarung (Balinese script ᬲᬭᬸᬂ)

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

• “sarung”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

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

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

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

4. (dialect, Kupang) ikat weaving where the base and ends are sewn together

sarung (active menyarung, reflexive passive tersarung, ordinary passive disarung, imperative sarung, emphatic-jussive sarunglah)

1. to sheathe

   Synonym: sarungkan

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sarung (active menyarung, reflexive passive tersarung, ordinary passive disarung, imperative sarung, emphatic-jussive sarunglah)

1. to interrupt, to intrude.

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

• “sarung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

sarung

1. romanization of ꦱꦫꦸꦁ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”).^[1] Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈsaroŋ/ [ˈsa.roŋ]

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  • Rhymes: -aroŋ, -roŋ, -oŋ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈsaruŋ/ [ˈsa.ruŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aruŋ, -ruŋ, -uŋ
• Hyphenation: sa‧rung

sarung (Jawi spelling ساروڠ, plural sarung-sarung or sarung²)

1. any kind of sheath or covering^[2][3]
   1. scabbard (of a bladed weapon); holster (of a gun)^[4][5]
   2. ellipsis of kain sarung; sarong: garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist^[4][5]

      Alternative form: sarong

sarung (Jawi spelling ساروڠ)

1. infinitive of menyarungkan (“to put on (of clothes, rings etc)”)

• > Indonesian: sarung (inherited)
• → Afrikaans: sarong
• → Burmese: သားလှောင် (sa:hlaung)
• → Cebuano: sarong
• Chinese:
  • → Cantonese: 紗籠 / 纱笼 (saa¹ lung⁴)
  • → Hakka: 紗籠 / 纱笼 (sa¹ long⁵)
  • → Min Nan: 紗籠 / 纱笼 (sa-lông)
  • → Mandarin: 紗籠 / 纱笼 (shālóng)
  • → Teochew: 紗籠 / 纱笼 (sa¹ long⁵)
• → Dutch: saroeng
  • → French: sarong
    • → Romanian: sarong
  • → Spanish: sarong
• → English: sarong
• → Karao: sarong
• → Tagalog: sarong

• "sarung" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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

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

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.))