bruang

Borrowed from Malay beruang.

bruang (plural bruangs)

1. (archaic) The Malayan sun bear.

• “bruang”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Burgan, ungrab

Borrowed from Old Javanese baroṅ, barwaṅ (“bear”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀuaŋ (“bear”). Doublet of baung (“pig-shaped spirit”) and barong (“beneficent force of nature”).

• IPA^(key): /bruaŋ/
• Hyphenation: bru‧ang

bruang (Balinese script ᬩ᭄ᬭᬸᬯᬂ)

1. bear

• “bruang” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].