waruṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuŋ (“unpartitioned building”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.ruŋ/, [wa.rʊŋ]
Rhymes: -aruŋ
Hyphenation: wa‧ruṅ

Noun

waruṅ

temporary lodging-place

Derived terms

awaruṅ-waruṅ

Descendants

> Javanese: ꦮꦫꦸꦁ (warung) (inherited)
- → Dutch: warong
- → Malay: warung, warong (1924-1972)
  - > Indonesian: warung, waroeng (1901–1947) (inherited)
    - → Tetum: warung
  - → English: warung
  - → Min Nan: 亞朗／亚朗 (a-lóng), 阿朗 (a-lóng)^[1]
- → Malay: barung
- → Peranakan Indonesian: waroeng

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

"waruṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.