buang

English

Alternative forms

• buwang

Etymology

From Malay buang (“throw away, discard”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːʌŋ/

Verb

buang (third-person singular simple present buangs, present participle buanging, simple past and past participle buanged)

1. (Singapore, colloquial, informal) To discard or throw something out.
   • 2004 March 2, Kilometric, “Singapore Birth Rate”, in googlegroups‎^[1]:

     The RSAF attachment in France and Australia is a very good example. If they are in Singapore, many of these RSAF wives will not bother to have babies at all. Likewise in Batam, Singapore men are known to "buang sperm" like water over there.

   • 2004 October 28, Xiaxue, “Blogging TV Critic!”, in blogspot.sg‎^[2]:

     Being the deep-thinking intellectual I am, I sat in front of my telly, contemplating certain important issues before setting out to watch the 9 o'clock show - The Champion, starring the voluptuous Fiona Xie, no-breasted Jeanette Aw, and cute Toro Tan (I don't know Toro's surname so I anyhow buang).

   • 2008 November 26, Ahleebabasingaporethief, “Govt 'may take stake in Marina IR' – shame, shame”, in sammyboy‎^[3]:

     Heard the Marina IR 3 Tombstones was built exactly like tombstones to buang sway for the decision makers.

   • 2010 September 28, Yoshi_fanboy, “NUS ppl lip lai”, in forum.hardwarezone.com.sg‎^[4]:

     I have already buanged two midterms liao.

   • 2015 August 5, Gwee Li Sui, “SinGweesh on Wednesday”, in themiddleground.sg‎^[5], archived from the original on 20 March 2016:

     Soon after, two other forms came into play: “anyhow whack” and “anyhow pong”. These two terms are an improvement because they buang the whole need to remember and name the action verb itself.

   • 2015 August 9, Gwee Li Sui, “My Singlish Jubilee Wish”, in themiddleground.sg‎^[6], archived from the original on 11 August 2015:

     Multicultural means what? Means that, if you buang Singlish, everyone will be left with his or her own thing. The Angmohs and Eurasians and jiak kentangs will talk in England.

Anagrams

• Abung, bugan, unbag

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• boang

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀuaŋ (“bear”), whence Malay beruang. The meaning changed from "bear" to "beast" and then to its current definition, having lost its original meaning due to lack of bears in the Cebuano homeland. Compare this semantic change in Tagalog halimaw, which originally meant "panther/lion".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔaŋ/ [ˈbu.ʔɐŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ang

Adjective

buang

1. insane; crazy (of a person, animal, natural disaster, etc.)
2. lacking sense
3. naughty, fool, pranking
4. foolish; idiotic; having the quality of idiocy; very foolish; stupid; nonsensical

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• boeang (pre-1947 spelling)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay buang, from Proto-Malayic *buaŋ.

Cognates

Cognate with Minangkabau buang, Iban buai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.aŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: bu‧ang

Verb

buang (active membuang, passive dibuang, involuntary/perfective passive terbuang)

1. (transitive) to throw away (to discard trash, garbage, or the like; to toss out; to put in the trash)

   Buang kemasan makanannya setelah kamu makan.

   Throw away the food packaging after you eat.

Derived terms

• buang-buang
• buangan
• buangkan
• pembuang
• pembuangan
• terbuang
• terbuang-buang

 

• buang air
• buang air besar
• buang air darah
• buang air kecil
• buang angin
• buang badan
• buang gas
• buang sirih

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau buang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.aŋ/, /buə̯ŋ/

Noun

buang, buêng

1. (dialect) beetle

   Synonym: kumbang

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈaŋ/, [ˈbwʌŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ang

Noun

buáng

1. (anatomy) womb

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Anatomy: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎^[7], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 84

Malay

Verb

buang (Jawi spelling بواڠ)

1. to discard, reject, or throw away.

Descendants

• → English: buang
• > Indonesian: buang (inherited)

Further reading

• “buang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Masbatenyo

Adjective

buáng

1. insane

Minangkabau

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buaŋ.

Cognates

Cognate with Malay buang, Iban buai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.aŋ/

Verb

buang (active mambuang, passive dibuang)

1. (transitive) to throw away (to discard trash, garbage, or the like; to toss out; to put in the trash)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buə̯ŋ/

Noun

buang

1. beetle

Descendants

• → Indonesian: buang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bouang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• buwang

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano buang, from Proto-Central-Philippine *buʔaŋ. Compare Bikol Central bua.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈʔaŋ/ [bʊˈʔaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bu‧ang

Adjective

buáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜅ᜔)

1. (humorous, mildly offensive) crazy; insane; mad

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:baliw

   • 2017, Rodrigo Duterte, quoted in Philippine Daily Inquirer

     Baka nga ito si Kim Jong-un, ‘yung t*****. You know, if that guy… I do not think that he is ready but he is playing with dangerous toys, ‘yang buang na ‘yan,...

     Maybe this is Kim Jong-un, the idiot. You know, if that guy… I do not think he is ready but he is playing with dangerous toys, that crazy person

Noun

buáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜅ᜔)

1. (humorous, mildly offensive) crazy person; lunatic; madman
   • 2017, Rodrigo Duterte, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Hindi matanggap ng ego ng buwang na talo siya sa Iloilo at hindi bumalimbing mga kapartido mo sa PDP–Laban...

     That fool's ego can't accept he lost in Iloilo and your fellow party members didn't defect to the PDP-Laban

Usage notes

• As persons with mental disorders are socially stigmatized in the Philippines, this is sometimes considered mildly offensive if not taken humorously and if a mental disorder has not been diagnosed with certainty.

Further reading

• “buang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• Bunag, bunga