bikang

Betawi

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of kué bikang or cala bikang (“a type of cake made out of rice flour and coconut milk”).

Noun

bikang

1. synonym of kué bikang (“a type of cake made out of rice flour and coconut milk”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese bikang (“female, woman, wife”).

Noun

bikang

1. woman
2. wife

Adjective

bikang (equative sebikang, comparative bikangan, excessive kebikangan)

1. (of humans) female

Synonyms

• (female, a female person): wadon, empuan, cèwè'
• (wife): bini

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “bikang”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 53

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	istri
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	awéwé
cohag	bikang, éwé

Etymology

From Old Sundanese bikaṅ (“female (of animals)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bikaŋ/

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Noun

bikang (Sundanese script ᮘᮤᮊᮀ)

1. a female (plant or animal)

   Antonym: jalu

   domba bikang ― ewe (literally, “female sheep”)

2. (dialectal, vulgar) a female person
3. (dialectal, vulgar) wife

Further reading

• "BIKANG", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij