Theme week: P. Because I happened to have four of them coming up, and finding a fifth wasn't hard.
parang (PAHR-ahng) - n., a stout, straight-bladed long knife of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Used as much as a tool as a weapon, much like the machete. Borrowed from Malay in 1839.
---L.
parang (PAHR-ahng) - n., a stout, straight-bladed long knife of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Used as much as a tool as a weapon, much like the machete. Borrowed from Malay in 1839.
---L.