Definition
A former monetary unit used in certain parts of Southeast Asia, particularly in historical trade contexts.
Etymology
From Portuguese or Dutch colonial languages mixed with local Asian languages; related to the word for 'curved' or 'bent' and possibly describing the shape of early coins.
Kelly Says
The cobang shows how colonial trade languages blended—Portuguese traders sailing to Asia left linguistic fingerprints on money names across three continents!
Translations
CACatalà
company
koh-m-pa-nee
CSČeština
kamarád
kam-ara-d
DADansk
kammerat
kam-rah-at
ELΕλληνικά
συμφεροντής
sim-fer-on-tis
FRFrançais
camarade
kam-rahd
HAHA
ma'aikaci
mah-ay-kah-see
IDBahasa Indonesia
teman
te-man
IGIG
ndị otu
n-dee oh-too
ITItaliano
amico
ah-mee-koh
MSBahasa Melayu
rakan
rah-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-daw
NLNederlands
kameraad
kam-rah-ad
PLPolski
kolega
koh-leh-gah
PTPortuguês
colega
koh-lee-gah
RUРусский
товарищ
tovarishch
SWKiswahili
mwenza
mwen-zah
TLTL
kaibigan
kai-bee-gan
TRTürkçe
arkadaş
ar-ka-dash
UKУкраїнська
товариш
tovarish
ZUZU
umshayeli
oom-shah-ye-lee