buagang

== Makasar == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈaɡaŋ/, [ɓu.ˈa.ɡãŋ] Hyphenation: bu‧a‧gang === Noun === buagang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨓᨁ or 𑻤𑻴𑻯𑻡, definite buaganga, 3rd person possessive buaganna) a species of shrub (the leaves are used together with those of the parempasaʼ plant to make purifying leaves or lekoʼ passili) === Interjection === buagang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨓᨁ) heaven forbid; God forbid (an exclamation used to ward off disasters or bad omens that hearing bad news might invoke) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN