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parang

See also: parâng, părâng, and Parang

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Malay parang.

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    parang (plural parangs)

    1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
      • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 211:
        After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack, killing one and wounding the other two, receiving himself numbers of slight wounds, and then swimming off again when almost exhausted.
      • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:
        “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”

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    parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)

    1. To cut with a parang

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    Etymology 2

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    Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

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    parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)

    1. A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.

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    parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)

    1. To play parang music

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    Indonesian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

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    parang (plural parang-parang)

    1. a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete
    2. a classic batik motif
    3. (zoology) dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab)
      Synonyms: bale-bale, pacal, parang, parang-parang, tegap
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    parang

    1. see parangan entry

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    Javanese

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    Romanization

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    parang

    1. romanization of ꦥꦫꦁ

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    From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈparaŋ/, [ˈpʰa.rãŋ]
    • Hyphenation: pa‧rang

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    parang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉ)

    1. field, treeless plain

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    Malay

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    From Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

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    parang (Jawi spelling ڤارڠ, plural parang-parang or parang2)

    1. a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete

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    Affixed terms and other derivations

    Regular affixed derivations:

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    • Indonesian: parang
    • → English: parang
    • → Macanese: parám
    • → Tagalog: paláng

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    North Moluccan Malay

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    From Malay parang.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈparaŋ/
    • Hyphenation: pa‧rang

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    parang

    1. parang (a short, heavy, straight-edged knife)
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    Etymology 2

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    From Malay perang

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    • IPA(key): /paˈraŋ/
    • Hyphenation: pa‧rang

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    paráng

    1. war

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    paráng

    1. to war
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    Tagalog

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    From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”). Compare Malay padang.

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    parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)

    1. meadow; prairie
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    Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pada
    Tagalog para
    Tagalog -ng
    Tagalog parang

      From para + -ng (enclitic).

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      parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)

      1. ligatured form of para
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      Tausug

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      From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

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      • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /paɾaŋ/ [paˈɾaŋ]
      • Rhymes: -aŋ
      • Syllabification: pa‧rang

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      parang (Sulat Sūg spelling فَرَڠْ)

      1. grass

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