gudang
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay gudang, from Tamil கிடங்கு (kiṭaṅku, “store room”), from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate of Kannada ಗದಙ್ಗು (gadaṅgu), Malayalam കിടങ്ങു (kiṭaṅṅu).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡudaŋ/ [ˈɡu.daŋ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -udaŋ
- Syllabification: gu‧dang
Noun
gudang (plural gudang-gudang)
- warehouse (a place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer)
Hypernyms
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡudaŋ/ [ˈɡu.daŋ]
Noun
gudang (Jawi spelling ݢودڠ, plural gudang-gudang)
Descendants
- Indonesian: gudang
- → Chinese:
- Min Nan: 牛壟/牛垄 (gû-lóng)[1]
- → English: godown
- → Burmese: ဂိုဒေါင် (guidaung)
- → Macanese: gudám
- → Pashto: ګودام (godãm)
- → Portuguese: gudão
- → Bengali: গুদাম (gudam)
- → Thai: โกดัง (goo-dang), กุดัง (gù-dang)
- → Lao: ກຸດັງ (ku dang), ໂກດັງ (kō dang)
- → Tausug: guddang
References
- ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges . In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
Further reading
- “gudang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.