balai bengong

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of balai (“hall, house”) +‎ bengong (“amaze, make speechless, astonish, ponder over”), from Balinese ᬩᬮᬾ ᬩᭂᬗᭀᬂ (bale bengong).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalai̯ bəˈŋɔŋ]

Noun

balai bengong (first-person possessive balai bengongku, second-person possessive balai bengongmu, third-person possessive balai bengongnya)

1. Balinese gazebo

   Synonym: balai peranginan

Further reading

• “balai bengong” 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.