bangbang

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ. Doublet of bambang.

IPA^(key): /baŋ.baŋ/

bangbang

1. butterfly

• Hyphenation: bang‧bang

bangbang

1. the grey nicker (Guilandina bonduc, syn. Caesalpinia bonduc)

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

bangbang (plural bangbang-bangbang, first-person possessive bangbangku, second-person possessive bangbangmu, third-person possessive bangbangnya)

1. salmon, salmon pink: a pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

   bangbang:  

• “bangbang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

bangbang

1. completely blind

Likely a reduplication of Indonesian bang (“adhan”), from Persian بانگ (“bâng”).

• IPA^(key): [baŋ.baŋ]

bangbang

1. the adhan, call to prayer

• IPA^(key): [baŋ.baŋ]

bangbang

1. a hole for the mast on a ship

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh