Meanings
alternative barang barang
- ManglishSinglishuncountableOne's personal belongings; or more broadly, miscellaneous articles or things, paraphernalia.
Please remove all your barang-barang from the empty space next to you.
1987, Sylvia Toh Paik Choo, On the Buses, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Landmark Books, →ISBN, page 701 more example
Let me also address concerns about space. Taxis and PHCs [private-hire cars] have to carry whatever barang barang commuters bring. How can they squeeze two child car seats into storage?
2021 May 11, Louis Ng Kok Kwang, “Providing Child Car Seats in Taxis and Private Hire Cars”, in Parliamentary Debates: Official Report (Parliament of Singapore), volume 95Synonyms: barang
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne's personal belongings; or more broadly, miscellaneous articles or things, paraphernalia.
Origin
- Malaybarang-barang“stuff”
- Englishbarang-barang
Borrowed from Malay barang-barang (“stuff”).
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