canggih

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay canggih (talking too much). All sophisticated senses is a semantic loan from English sophisticated. The sense complicated in technology was coined by Indonesian linguist Anton Moedardo Moeliono.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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canggih

  1. sophisticated
    1. complicated, especially of complex technology
    2. having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
      Synonym: berpengalaman
    3. appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
      Synonym: intelektual
  2. (obsolete) tending to talk a lot; talkative.
    Synonyms: bawel, cerewet
  3. disruptive
    Synonym: ribut

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