gaung

gaung (plural gaungs)

1. Alternative form of goung (“village headman in Burma”)

• gaung baung

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡauŋ/ [ˈɡa.ʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -auŋ
• Syllabification: gaung

Inherited from Malay ݢاءوڠ (gaung).

gaung (plural gaung-gaung, first-person possessive gaungku, second-person possessive gaungmu, third-person possessive gaungnya)

1. echo:
   1. a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
   2. an utterance repeating what has just been said.
   3. (computing) the displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

gaung (plural gaung-gaung, first-person possessive gaungku, second-person possessive gaungmu, third-person possessive gaungnya)

1. recess

   Synonym: ceruk

2. cave

   Synonyms: gohong, gua, ngalau

• “gaung” 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.

gaung (Jawi spelling ݢاءوڠ, plural gaung-gaung, informal 1st possessive gaungku, 2nd possessive gaungmu, 3rd possessive gaungnya)

1. echo.
2. ravine, gorge

• gema
• guk

• > Indonesian: gaung (inherited)