warung
/ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/
warung noun: a type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia).
Noun
warung (plural warungs)
- A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia).
- Daud Yusof who runs one of the four warungs in the kampung said his business has been affectred because of the flies and claimed his earnings from selling nasi berlauk has dropped by 40 percent.1995 June 9, “Fly menace hits village stalls and homes”, in New Straits Times, page 6
- Walking allows us to know precisely what kind and where to put convenient and comfort shelters like public toilets, benchs, kiosks, warungs and wakafs.2007, Mohamad Tajuddin Haji Mohamad Rasdi, Housing Crisis: Back to a Humanistic Agenda, Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, →ISBN, page 63
Forms of warung
| plural | warungs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | waroeng |
| alternative form | warong |
Origin of warung
Borrowed from Malay warung.
Questions about warung
- What does warung mean?
- Warung means a type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia).
- What part of speech is warung?
- Warung is a noun.
- How do you pronounce warung?
- Warung is pronounced /ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/.
- What is the plural of warung?
- The plural of warung is warungs.
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