# barang
## English
### Noun

barang (uncountable)
* (Philippines) black magic; sorcery

### See also

* barang-barang

### Anagrams

* bangra

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧rang
* IPA: /ˈbaɾaŋ/ [ˈba.ɾ̪ɐŋ]

### Noun

barang
* form of black magic that afflicts a person with bugs inside his/her body
* magical practice, similar to voodoo, that uses a poppet to inflict harm
* witchcraft; black magic; sorcery

### Verb

barang
* to practice barang or any form of witchcraft
* to inflict harm using barang

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay barang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”). The meaning 'things, goods, possessions' was a late innovation in western Indonesia.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbaraŋ/ [ˈba.raŋ]
* Rhymes: -araŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧rang

### Noun

barang (plural barang-barang)
* thing, item
* thing (unmentionable thing, e.g. penis)
* good, commodity
* baggage
    Synonyms: bagasi, muatan
    pengambilan barang ― baggage claim

#### Derived terms

* barang akar
* barang antik
* barang apa
* barang asal
* barang awet
* barang bahan
* barang baku
* barang bawaan
* barang bebas
* barang bekas
* barang benda
* barang berharga
* barang berkat
* barang besi
* barang bukti
* barang cetakan
* barang curah
* barang dagangan
* barang gawan
* barang gelap
* barang industri
* barang jadi
* barang kala
* barang kalakeran
* barang kena pajak
* barang komisi
* barang konsumen
* barang konsumsi
* barang kuno
* barang larangan
* barang logam
* barang luks
* barang makanan
* barang mewah
* barang mindringan
* barang modal
* barang mudah pakai
* barang netral
* barang normal
* barang obral
* barang pabrik
* barang pajangan
* barang pecah belah
* barang pecahan
* barang pribadi
* barang primer
* barang pusaka
* barang raja
* barang rongsokan
* barang sedia
* barang sekunder
* barang seni
* barang setengah jadi
* barang sitaan
* barang sudah
* barang sulur
* barang tahan lama
* barang tetap
* barang tua
* barang tunanilai
* barang usaha
* barang ying ching

### Adverb

barang
* approximately
    Synonyms: sedikit banyak, sekadar, kira-kira
* (dated) hopefully
    Synonym: mudah-mudahan
* marker of indefiniteness

#### Derived terms

* barang bila
* barang sesuatu
* barang siapa
* barang tentu

### Further reading

* “barang” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”). Meaning of "thing", "goods" or "item" was a late innovation in western Indonesia.
First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (varaṃ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baraŋ/
* Rhymes: -araŋ, -raŋ, -aŋ

### Particle

barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ)
* marker used to denote indefiniteness
    Barang siapaWhoever
    Barang apaWhatever

### Noun

barang (Jawi spelling بارڠ, plural barang-barang, informal 1st possessive barangku, 2nd possessive barangmu, 3rd possessive barangnya)
* thing, item
* goods, commodity

#### Derived terms

* barangan

### Further reading

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

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”).

### Noun

barang
* sort, class, type

#### Derived terms

* barabarang
* pitibarang
* pimbarang
* sabarang

## Masbatenyo
### Noun

barang
* curse

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

From Malay barang (“item; stuff; thing; indefiniteness-marker'”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaraŋ/
* Hyphenation: ba‧rang

### Noun

barang
* item; stuff; thing
    Ta so taro ngo pe barang-barang di tenda.I've put your things in the tent.

### Adverb

barang
* at least, approximately

### Conjunction

barang
* because
    Synonym: gara-gara
    Tong so tra batamang deng dia barang dia manakal.We're not friends with him anymore because he is naughty.

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”).

### Noun

barang (Sundanese script ᮘᮛᮀ)
* goods, item

### Adverb

barang (Sundanese script ᮘᮛᮀ)
* at the time, when
    Barang datang, manéhna tuluy ngetrokan panto.As he arrived, he then knocked on the door.

### See also

* barang-

### Further reading

* "BARANG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

barang
* witchcraft