biruang

Either inherited from Proto-Malayic *bAruaŋ or borrowed from Sundanese biruang, both ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀuaŋ (“bear”). Doublet of barong.

• IPA^(key): /biruaŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: bi‧ru‧ang

biruang

1. beast
2. bear

   Synonym: gaja biruang (dialectal)

• Kähler, H. (1966), “bīrūwang”, in Wörterverzeichnis des Omong Djakarta [Glossary of the Jakartan speech] (in German), Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, page 33
• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “biruang”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN

Likely from Sundanese biruang or Betawi biruang.

• IPA^(key): /biˈru.aŋk/
• Rhymes: -uaŋk
• Syllabification: bi‧ru‧ang

biruang m animal

1. sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)

   Synonyms: biruang malajski, niedźwiedź malajski

• biruang in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• biruang in PWN's encyclopedia