Dictionary

parang en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɑɹɑːŋ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay parang.

Meanings

1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
   • After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack, killing one and wounding the other two, receiving himself numbers of slight wounds, and then swimming off again when almost exhausted. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 211:
   • “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.” 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:

Forms

parang en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɑɹɑːŋ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay parang.

Meanings

1. To cut with a parang

Forms

Relateds

machete · golok · bolo

parang en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.

Forms

parang en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

Meanings

1. To play parang music

Forms