balairung
Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as balai + *rung, inherited from Malay balairong (compare Minangkabau balerong), from Proto-Austronesian *balay (“house, hall”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuŋ (“unpartitioned building”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ˈlai̯.rʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
- Hyphenation: ba‧lai‧rung
Noun
balairung (plural balairung-balairung, first-person possessive balairungku, second-person possessive balairungmu, third-person possessive balairungnya)
- (dated) assembly hall
Further reading
- “balairung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.