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empang

Pronunciation: /ˈɛmpaŋ/

“empang” is an Indonesian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  2. pond
  3. a fishing net in the form of a net measuring 20-40 m long, set when the tide rises, to catch fish in high tide

Etymology

Inherited from Malay empang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empeŋ (“block, obstruct, dam a stream”).

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