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- Malay · borrowed frombarang-barang“stuff”
- English todaybarang-barang
Borrowed from Malay barang-barang (“stuff”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
barang-barang
Today it means: One's personal belongings; or more broadly, miscellaneous articles or things, paraphernalia. Full definition →
Malay barang-barang