• burung acang

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃaŋ/

acang

1. pigeon(bird of the pigeon and dove familyColumbidae)

• (Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃaŋ/[ˈa.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes:-at͡ʃaŋ
• Syllabification:a‧cang

Blend ofalat(“tool”) +‎canggih(“sophisticated”)

acang (pluralacang-acang)

1. (obsolete, rare)gadget(electronics product)

   Synonym:gawai

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acang (pluralacang-acang)

1. gage pole
2. erection (aceng)
3. messenger (acang-acang)
4. fish (acang-acang)

• “acang”, inKamus 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

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*acaŋ(“dove, pigeon”).^[1]

The sense of "messenger" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages.

• IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes:-t͡ʃaŋ,-aŋ
• Hyphenation:a‧cang

acang (Jawi spellingاچڠ,pluralacang-acang)

1. (Brunei) Apigeon(bird of the pigeon and dove familyColumbidae).

   Synonym:merpati

2. Amessenger, errand-boy. Seeacang-acang.

   Synonym:pesuruh

• Wilkinson, Richard James.An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
• “acang”, inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2017

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