kancah

Malay

Alternative forms

  • kanchah

Etymology

Possibly an innovative form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kawah (compare the word formation with embacang). Doublet of kawah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.t͡ʃah/
  • Rhymes: -ancah, -cah, -ah

Noun

kancah (plural kancah-kancah)

  1. a cauldron

Further reading

  • “kancah” 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.
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