mercon

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mərˈt͡ʃon/ [mərˈt͡ʃon]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: mer‧con

Noun

mêrcon (plural mercon-mercon)

  1. firecracker
  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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