# sarung
## English
### Noun

sarung (plural sarungs)
* Alternative form of sarong

### Anagrams

* sungar

## Balinese
### Romanization

sarung
* Romanization of ᬲᬭᬸᬂ

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsaruŋ/ [ˈsa.rʊŋ]
* Rhymes: -aruŋ
* Syllabification: sa‧rung

### Noun

sarung (plural sarung-sarung)
* sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)
* sheath (tight-fitting dress)
* (slang, prostitution) condom
    Synonym: kondom

### Verb

sarung (active menyarung, passive disarung)
* to sheathe
    Synonym: sarungkan

#### Derived terms

* bersarung (“sheathed”)
* sarungkan (“to sheathe”)
* tersarung (“sheathed”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saruŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “sarung” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

sarung
* Romanization of ꦱꦫꦸꦁ

## Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /saroŋ/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /sarʊŋ/
* Rhymes: -aroŋ, -roŋ, -oŋ
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Noun

sarung (Jawi spelling ساروڠ, plural sarung-sarung, informal 1st possessive sarungku, 2nd possessive sarungmu, 3rd possessive sarungnya)
* sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)
* scabbard; sheath

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penyarung [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* penyarungan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* sarungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* menyarung [agent focus] (meN-)
* menyarungkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* menyarungi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* disarung [patient focus] (di-)
* disarungkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* disarungi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
* tersarung [agentless action] (teR-)
* bersarung [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* sarung tangan (“glove”)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sarung
* → Afrikaans: sarong
* → Burmese: သားလှောင် (sa:hlaung)
* → Cebuano: sarong
* → Dutch: saroeng
** → French: sarong
*** → Romanian: sarong
** → Spanish: sarong
* → English: sarong
* → Karao: sarong

### Further reading

* “sarung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sarʊŋ/
* Rhymes: -arʊŋ, -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ

### Noun

sarung (Sundanese script ᮞᮛᮥᮀ)
* sarong (garment made of batik or ikat cloth wrapped about the waist)
* sheath (sheath for traditional Sundanese weapon (usually kujang, kris, etc.))