acang
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Brunei Malay[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acang
- pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
acang (first-person possessive acangku, second-person possessive acangmu, third-person possessive acangnya)
- gage pole
- erection (aceng)
- messenger (acang-acang)
- fish (acang-acang)
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).[1]
The sense of "messenger" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acang (Jawi spelling [[#Malay|]], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)
- (Brunei Malay) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae).
- a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang.
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Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
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