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luang

Pronunciation: /ˈluaŋ/

“luang” is a Malay word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. vacant, empty: not occupied.
  2. free, not busy.

verb

  1. to abate, to recede, to be still (of weather)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground; wide open space”). Doublet of lowong and lubang.

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