bacang

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 肉粽 (bah-chàng), from (bah, “meat, flesh; pork”) + (chàng, “zongzi”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧cang

Noun

bacang

  1. zongzi.

Alternative forms

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of embacang.

Pronunciation

Noun

bacang (plural bacang-bacang, informal 1st possessive bacangku, 2nd possessive bacangmu, 3rd possessive bacangnya)

  1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

  • bacang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.