tarung

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese tarung (to fight), from Old Javanese taruṅ (coming together, clashing).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtaruŋ/ [ˈt̪a.rʊŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aruŋ
  • Syllabification: ta‧rung

Verb

tarung

  1. to fight

Derived terms

  • bertarung
  • bertarungan
  • mempertarungkan
  • menarung
  • menarungkan
  • penarung
  • pertarungan
  • petarung
  • tertarung

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese taruṅ (coming together, clashing).

Verb

tarung

  1. to fight
Derived terms
  • ditarungaké
Descendants
  • Indonesian: tarung

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t1ɗɔɔŋ (stalk, tail) (compare Indonesian tedung, Old Javanese *taruṅ, Banjarese tadung (snake), and Balinese tedung).

Noun

tarung

  1. a vowel diacritic sign (ꦴ)

Further reading

  • tarung”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaruŋ/, [ˈt̪ʰa.rũŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ruŋ

Noun

tarung (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑᨘ)

  1. (Turatea dialect) true indigo, Indigofera tinctoria.
    Synonym: nyila (Standard)

Compounds

  • tarung anja

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill, →DOI

Narua

Noun

tarung

  1. mosquito

Sundanese

Verb

tarung (Sundanese script ᮒᮛᮥᮀ)

  1. to fight