Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ACANG-ACANG *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).^[1]

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

Etymology 2

reduplication of acang (“pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌat͡ʃaŋ ˈat͡ʃaŋ/ [ˌa.t͡ʃaŋ ˈa.t͡ʃaŋ]Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ACANG-ACANG
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃaŋCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/at͡ʃaŋ#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/at͡ʃaŋ/4 syllables#ACANG-ACANG
• Syllabification: a‧cang-a‧cang

Noun

acang-acang (plural acang-acangCategory:Indonesian links with redundant wikilinks#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Indonesian links with redundant alt parameters#ACANG-ACANG)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Indonesian nouns#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Indonesian multiword terms#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Pages with entries#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ACANG-ACANG

1. a messenger, errand-boy

   Synonyms: bansur, pesuruh

References

Etymology

Reduplication of acang (“pigeon”), from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ACANG-ACANG *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).^[1]

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃaŋ ʔa.t͡ʃaŋ]Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ACANG-ACANG

Noun

acang-acang (Jawi spelling اچڠ٢, uncountable)Category:Malay lemmas#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Malay nouns#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Malay uncountable nouns#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Malay multiword terms#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Pages with entries#ACANG-ACANGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ACANG-ACANG

1. A messenger.

   Synonym: pesuruh

References

Further reading

• "acang-acang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017