ganyang

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦚꦁ (ganyang, to eat (foods) raw; to crush, to stamp out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɲaŋ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɲaŋ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧nyang

Verb

ganyang

  1. to eat
    Synonym: lahap
  2. to scrape
    Synonym: kikis
  3. (figurative) to destroy; crush; obliterate (the enemy, adversary)
    Ganyang Malaysia!
    Destroy Malaysia!

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Malay: ganyang

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ganyang

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦚꦁ