acang

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

• burung acang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃaŋ/

Noun

acang

1. pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)

Indonesian

Noun

acang (first-person possessive acangku, second-person possessive acangmu, third-person possessive acangnya)

1. gage pole
2. erection (aceng)
3. messenger (acang-acang)
4. fish (acang-acang)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).

The sense of "messenger" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /acaŋ/
• Rhymes: -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

acang (Jawi spelling [[#Malay|]], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)

1. (Brunei) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae).
2. a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang.

Synonyms

• merpati

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• acang-acang

Further reading

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.