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Indonesian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦼꦁ (kenceng, “tight; straight, direct; strong”), ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦁ (kencang, “to stretch and tie”), from Malay kencang, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kcəŋ (“stretched, to stretch”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kən.t͡ʃəŋ/
- Hyphenation: kên‧cêng
Adjective
kêncêng
- Informal form of kencang.
- (colloquial, vulgar) high, ecstatic primarily (but not exclusively) from the use of drugs
2006, Andre Syahreza, The Innocent Rebel, GagasMedia, page 193:Kalau lagi dugem, yang penting suara musiknya harus keras, supaya tambah kenceng,- The important thing when you are in a club is for the music to be loud, so that you feel high and ecstatic,
Etymology 2
From Teochew 弓 (gêng1, “bow”) + 鑽／钻 (zeng3, “drill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kèn‧cèng
Noun
kèncèng (first-person possessive kencengku, second-person possessive kencengmu, third-person possessive kencengnya)
- bow drill.
Etymology 3
From Malay kenceng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kèn‧cèng
Noun
kèncèng (first-person possessive kencengku, second-person possessive kencengmu, third-person possessive kencengnya)
- cauldron
References
- ^ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC
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