warung

English

Alternative forms

• waroeng, warong

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay warung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/

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Noun

warung (plural warungs)

1. (Malaysia, Indonesia) A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia).
   • 1995 June 9, “Fly menace hits village stalls and homes”, in New Straits Times, page 6:

     Daud Yusof who runs one of the four warungs in the kampung said his business has been affectred because of the flies and claimed his earnings from selling nasi berlauk has dropped by 40 percent.

   • 2007, Mohamad Tajuddin Haji Mohamad Rasdi, Housing Crisis: Back to a Humanistic Agenda, Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, →ISBN, page 63:

     Walking allows us to know precisely what kind and where to put convenient and comfort shelters like public toilets, benchs, kiosks, warungs and wakafs.

   • 2009 March 22, John Bowe, “How Green Is My Bali”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And of Mozaic Restaurant, an absolutely trumped-up Wine Spectator/Grandes Tables du Monde affair where tabs can run up to $100 or more that served food far less interesting and tasty than the $1.50 plates of nasi campur at the local restaurants called warungs.

Anagrams

• Rungwa

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• waroeng (1901–1947)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay warung, from Javanese ꦮꦫꦸꦁ (warung, “small shop, food stall”), from Old Javanese waruṅ (“temporary lodging-place”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuŋ (“unpartitioned building”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaruŋ/ [ˈwa.rʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -aruŋ
• Syllabification: wa‧rung

Noun

warung (plural warung-warung)

1. warung (shop)

   Synonyms: kedai, lepau

   Warung tersebut menjual kebutuhan sehari-hari. ― The shop sell daily needs.

Hyponyms

• warung hidup (“vegetable garden”)
• warung internet (“Internet cafe”)
• warung jamu (“herbal drink shop”)
• warung kagetan
• warung kaki lima (“street food stall”)
• warung kopi (“coffee shop”)
• warung madura (“24/7 daily needs shop”)
• warung makan (“simple restaurant”)
• warung mie (“noodle shop”)
• warung mie indomie (“instant noodle shop”)
• warung nasi (“rice and side dish restaurant”)
• warung padang (“Minangkabau restaurant”)
• warung perempatan
• warung remang-remang
• warung rokok (“cigarette shop”)
• warung sakadup
• warung sekadup
• warung sembako (“daily needs shop; grocery store”)
• warung sunda (“Sundanese restaurant”)
• warung tegal (“Tegal Javanese restaurant”)
• warung telekomunikasi (“call shop”)
• warung telepon (“call shop”)
• warung tenda (“tarped food stall”)
• warung terapung

Descendants

• → Tetum: warung

Further reading

• “warung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

warung

1. romanization of ꦮꦫꦸꦁ

Malay

Alternative forms

• warong (1924-1972)

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦸꦁ (warung, “small shop, food stall”), from Old Javanese warung, waruṅ (“temporary lodging-place”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuŋ (“unpartitioned building”). Doublet of barung.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈwaruŋ/ [ˈwa.ruŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aruŋ

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈwaroŋ/ [ˈwa.roŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aroŋ
• Hyphenation: wa‧rung

Noun

warung (Jawi spelling واروڠ, plural warung-warung or warung²)

1. warung

   Synonyms: kedai, lepau

Hyponyms

• warung hidup
• warung internet
• warung kagetan
• warung kopi
• warung remang-remang
• warung sekadup
• warung siber
• warung tegal
• warung telekomunikasi

Descendants

• > Indonesian: warung, waroeng (1901–1947) (inherited)
  • → Tetum: warung
• → English: warung
• → Min Nan: 亞朗／亚朗 (a-lóng), 阿朗 (a-lóng)

Further reading

• "warung" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "warung" at PRPM first version)