pireng

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === piren, pirijn (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Sranan Tongo piren, from Kari'na pïrai === Noun === pireng m (plural pirengs, no diminutive) (Suriname) piranha Synonym: piranha === References === == Pacoh == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Katuic *prɛɛŋ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *briəŋ (“rainbow”). The two senses are related, since, as observed by Richard Watson, Saundra Watson & Cubuot Canxóiq (1979), "[...] ‘rainbows’ are believed to be manifestations of all of the souls from a particular graveyard reaching out to a place of water, because they are always thirsty." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pirɛːŋ] === Noun === pireng rainbow unnatural or violent death, includes death by certain diseases and childbirth, but excludes death by sickness