mercon

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese mercon (ꦩꦼꦂꦕꦺꦴꦤ꧀), suffixation of mercu (“fireball”) +‎ -an, from Tamil விரிசு (viricu).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mərˈt͡ʃɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Hyphenation: mêr‧con

Noun

mercon

  1. firecracker (a small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang)
  2. (figurative) a very spicy chili component

Notes

  • The form mercun is the standard form in Standard Malay (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore), but not in Indonesian.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 75.

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