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Sarong

2 stages from Malay to English.

Today it means a garment consisting of a length of fabric wrapped around the waist
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Stage 1 of 2
sarung
Malay · medieval
"a sheath, covering"
literally "a sheath" or "covering"
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Stage 2 of 2
sarong
English · 1800s
"a wrapped garment worn around the waist"
adopted through European colonial contact in Southeast Asia
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