gaung

gaung (plural gaungs)

1. Alternative form of goung (“village headman in Burma”).

• gaung baung

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡauŋ/ [ˈɡa.ʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -auŋ
• Syllabification: gaung

Inherited from Malay gaung. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

gaung (plural gaung-gaung)

1. echo:
   1. a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer
   2. an utterance repeating what has just been said
   3. (computing) the displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

gaung (plural gaung-gaung)

1. recess

   Synonym: ceruk

2. cave

   Synonyms: gohong, gua, ngalau

• “gaung”, 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

gaung (Jawi spelling ݢاءوڠ, plural gaung-gaung)

1. echo.
2. ravine, gorge

• gema
• guk

• > Indonesian: gaung (inherited)