mercon

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mərˈt͡ʃɔn]
  • Hyphenation: mêr‧con

Noun

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mercon (first-person possessive merconku, second-person possessive merconmu, third-person possessive merconnya)

  1. firecracker.
    Synonyms: mercun, petasan

Alternative forms

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  • mercun (nonstandard Indonesian), mercun (Standard Malay: Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

References

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

Further reading

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