cekung

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese cekung (“curving, bent”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈkuŋ/ [t͡ʃəˈkuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: ce‧kung

Adjective

cekung (comparative lebih cekung, superlative paling cekung)

1. hollow, sunken
2. (optics) concave
3. haggard
4. cavernous

Derived terms

• cekungan
• kecekungan
• mencekung
• mencekungkan

Further reading

• “cekung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016