kenceng

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 (comparative lebih kenceng, superlative paling kenceng)

  1. informal form of kencang
  2. (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

Borrowed from Peranakan Indonesian kenceng (“bow drill”), from Teochew 弓 (gêng1, “bow”) + 鑽／钻 (zeng3, “drill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛnt͡ʃɛŋ]
  • Hyphenation: kèn‧cèng

Noun

kèncèng (plural kenceng-kenceng)

  1. bow drill

Etymology 3

From Malay kenceng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛnt͡ʃɛŋ]
  • Hyphenation: kèn‧cèng

Noun

kèncèng (plural kenceng-kenceng)

  1. cauldron

References

  1. ^ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kenceng

  1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦼꦁ
  2. alternative spelling of kèncèng, romanization of ꦏꦺꦚ꧀ꦕꦺꦁ

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 弓 (gêng1, “bow”) + 鑽／钻 (zeng3, “drill”).

Noun

kenceng

  1. bow drill

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kenceng
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