parang
English
Etymology 1
From Malay parang.
Noun
parang (plural parangs)
- A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
- 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:
- “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”
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Verb
parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)
- To cut with a parang
See also
- bolo (Filipino)
- golok (Indonesian & Malaysian)
- machete
Etymology 2
Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).
Noun
parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)
- A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.
Verb
parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)
- To play parang music
Anagrams
- NAGPRA
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈparaŋ/
- Hyphenation: pa‧rang
- Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
Etymology 1
From Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.
- The sense as classic batik motif is a semantic loan from Javanese parang (ꦥꦫꦁ, “batik pattern”, literally “cliff; knife, chopper, cleaver”), from Old Javanese paraṅ (“rock, crag”).
Noun
parang (first-person possessive parangku, second-person possessive parangmu, third-person possessive parangnya)
- a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete.
- a classic batik motif.
Derived terms
- berparang
- memarang
- memarangkan
- parang bungkul
- parang latuk
- parang puting
Root
parang
- see parangan entry
Noun
parang (plural parang-parang, first-person possessive parangku, second-person possessive parangmu, third-person possessive parangnya)
- dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).
- Synonym: tegap
Further reading
- “parang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paraŋ/
- Rhymes: -araŋ, -raŋ, -aŋ
Noun
parang (Jawi spelling ڤارڠ, plural parang-parang, informal 1st possessive parangku, 2nd possessive parangmu, 3rd possessive parangnya)
- a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- memarang [agent focus] (meN-)
- berparang [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: parang
- → English: parang
- → Tagalog: paláng
Further reading
- “parang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧rang
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾaŋ/, [ˈpa.ɾɐŋ]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Noun
parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)
- meadow; prairie
Etymology 2
From univerbation of para + ba -ng.
Adjective
parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)
- (usually informal) to look like; seem; as if
- Parang may paparating dito.
- It looks like someone is coming.
- Parang gutom na siya.
- S/he seems to be hungry.
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Noun
parang
- grass
Derived terms
- kaparangan
- parang musar