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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay canggih (“talking too much”). All “sophisticated” senses is a semantic loan from English sophisticated. The sense complicated in technology was coined by Indonesian linguist Anton Moedardo Moeliono.
Pronunciation
Adjective
canggih
- sophisticated
- complicated, especially of complex technology
- having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
- Synonym: berpengalaman
- appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
- Synonym: intelektual
- (obsolete) tending to talk a lot; talkative.
- Synonyms: bawel, cerewet
- disruptive
- Synonym: ribut
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