terong
Indonesian
Noun
terong (first-person possessive terongku, second-person possessive terongmu, third-person possessive terongnya)
- (chiefly Jawa island) Alternative spelling of terung (“eggplant; aubergine”)
- 2018 June 8, “Peluang Ekspor Terong ke Jepang Terbuka [Opportunity for Export of Eggplant to Japan is Open]”, in Suara Merdeka, archived from the original on 3 November 2018:
- ”Khusus terong, Indonesia adalah yang terbesar ekspor ke Jepang. Tetapi untuk buah nanas, masih kalah dari Tiongkok, Vietnam, dan Thailand,” katanya. … ”Terong biasnaya kami dapatkan dari daerah penghasil terong yakni Rembang dan Cepu (Blora)."
- "Especially eggplant, Indonesia is the biggest exporter to Japan. But for pineapple, [our country] still loses to China, Vietnam and Thailand," he says. … "For eggplants we usually obtain them from eggplant producing regions which are Rembang and Cepu (Blora)."
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Usage notes
The correct spelling in modern Indonesian is terung. The spelling terong is influenced by Javanese térong.