barah
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).
Noun
barah (Jawi spelling باره, plural barah-barah, informal 1st possessive barahku, 2nd possessive barahmu, 3rd possessive barahnya)
- (esp. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) cancer
- Synonyms: kanser, kanker
- abscess
- Synonyms: abses, kebengkakan
Descendants
- Indonesian: barah
Further reading
- “barah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.