balai bengong
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of balai (“hall, house”) + bengong (“amaze, make speechless, astonish, ponder over”), from Balinese ᬩᬮᬾ ᬩᭂᬗᭀᬂ (bale bengong).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbalai̯ bəˈŋɔŋ]
Noun
balai bengong (plural balai-balai bengong)
Further reading
- “balai bengong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016