buang
English
Alternative forms
- buwang
Etymology
From Malay buang (“throw away, discard”).
Pronunciation
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈbuːʌŋ/
Verb
buang (third-person singular simple present buangs, present participle buanging, simple past and past participle buanged)
- (Singapore, colloquial, informal) To discard or throw something out.
- 2004 March 2, Kilometric, “Singapore Birth Rate”, in googlegroups:
- The RSAF attachment in France and Australia is a very good example. If they are in Singapore, many of these RSAF wives will not bother to have babies at all. Likewise in Batam, Singapore men are known to "buang sperm" like water over there.
- 2004 October 28, Xiaxue, “Blogging TV Critic!”, in blogspot.sg:
- Being the deep-thinking intellectual I am, I sat in front of my telly, contemplating certain important issues before setting out to watch the 9 o'clock show - The Champion, starring the voluptuous Fiona Xie, no-breasted Jeanette Aw, and cute Toro Tan (I don't know Toro's surname so I anyhow buang).
- 2008 November 26, Ahleebabasingaporethief, “Govt 'may take stake in Marina IR' – shame, shame”, in sammyboy:
- Heard the Marina IR 3 Tombstones was built exactly like tombstones to buang sway for the decision makers.
- 2010 September 28, Yoshi_fanboy, “NUS ppl lip lai”, in forum.hardwarezone.com.sg:
- I have already buanged two midterms liao.
- 2015 August 5, Gwee Li Sui, “SinGweesh on Wednesday”, in themiddleground.sg:
- Soon after, two other forms came into play: “anyhow whack” and “anyhow pong”. These two terms are an improvement because they buang the whole need to remember and name the action verb itself.
- 2015 August 9, Gwee Li Sui, “My Singlish Jubilee Wish”, in themiddleground.sg:
- Multicultural means what? Means that, if you buang Singlish, everyone will be left with his or her own thing. The Angmohs and Eurasians and jiak kentangs will talk in England.
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Anagrams
- Abung, bugan, unbag
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- boang
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀuaŋ (“bear”), whence Malay beruang. The meaning changed from "bear" to "beast" and then to its current definition, having lost its original meaning due to lack of bears in the Cebuano homeland. Compare this semantic change in Tagalog halimaw, which originally meant "panther/lion".
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧ang
- IPA(key): /buˈʔaŋ/, [bʊˈʔaŋ]
Adjective
buang
- insane, crazy (of a person, animal, natural disaster, etc.)
- lacking sense
- naughty, fool, pranking
- idiotic; having the quality of idiocy; very foolish; stupid; nonsensical
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- boeang (pre-1947)
Etymology
From Malay buang, from Classical Malay buang.
Verb
buang
- to throw away
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- buangan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- membuang [agent focus] (meN-)
- terbuang [agentless action] (teR-)
- membuangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- pembuangan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
Malay
Verb
buang (Jawi spelling بواڠ)
- to discard, reject, or throw away.
Descendants
- English: buang
Masbatenyo
Adjective
buáng
- insane
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- buwang
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano buang. Compare Bikol Central bua.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧ang
- IPA(key): /buˈʔaŋ/, [bʊˈʔaŋ]
Adjective
buang
- crazy; insane; mad
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:baliw
- 2017, Rodrigo Duterte, quoted in Philippine Daily Inquirer
- Baka nga ito si Kim Jong-un, ‘yung t*****. You know, if that guy… I do not think that he is ready but he is playing with dangerous toys, ‘yang buang na ‘yan,...
Noun
buang
- crazy person; lunatic; madman
- 2017, Rodrigo Duterte
- Hindi matanggap ng ego ng buwang na talo siya sa Iloilo at hindi bumalimbing mga kapartido mo sa PDP–Laban...
- That fool's ego can't accept he lost in Iloilo and your fellow party members didn't defect to the PDP-Laban
- Hindi matanggap ng ego ng buwang na talo siya sa Iloilo at hindi bumalimbing mga kapartido mo sa PDP–Laban...
- 2017, Rodrigo Duterte
Further reading
- “buang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018