bengong

Borrowed from Balinese ᬩᭂᬗᭀᬂ (bengong, “to muse, to ponder”).

• IPA^(key): /bəŋɔŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋ
• Hyphenation: be‧ngong

bengong

1. to ponder in silence

   Synonym: lamun

2. to be dumbfounded; to be astonished

   Synonym: pelongo'

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “bengong”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 44

Borrowed from Betawi bengong (“to ponder, dumbfounded”), from Balinese ᬩᭂᬗᭀᬂ (bengong, “to muse, to ponder”).

• IPA^(key): [bəˈŋɔŋ]

bengong

1. to ponder

   Synonym: melamun

bengong

1. dumbfounded; astonished

   Synonym: termenung

• “bengong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.