kacang

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay kacang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃaŋ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧cang

Noun

kacang

1. nut (hard-shelled seed)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈka.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃaŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧cang

Etymology 1

From Malay kacang. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kacang (plural kacang-kacang)

1. bean
2. nut
3. peanut
4. legume

Affixed terms

• kacang-kacangan
• kacangan
• mengacangi

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kacang polong
• kacang kapri
• kacang arab
• kacang tolo
• kacang tanah
• kacang tapir
• kacang tunggak
• kacang tupai
• kacang rusa
• kacang rebus
• kacang pelanduk
• kacang parang
• kacang panjang
• kacang otok
• kacang ose
• kacang miang
• kacang mete
• kacang merah
• kacang mentik
• kacang mede
• kacang macan
• kacang kidang
• kacang keling
• kacang kedelai
• kacang kara
• kacang kaji
• kacang hijau
• kacang goreng
• kacang garing
• kacang gajah
• kacang dieng
• kacang dal
• kacang dadap
• kacang cina
• kacang buncis
• kacang botor
• kacang bogor
• kacang banteng
• kacang bandung
• kacang babi
• kacang anoa

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

kacang

1. non-meaningful word, sometimes used to indicate indifference

Affixed terms

• dikacangi
• memperkacang
• mengacang

References

• “kacang”, 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

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kacaṅ.

Noun

kacang

1. bean

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈka.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ka‧cang

Noun

kacang (Jawi spelling کاچڠ, plural kacang-kacang or kacang²)

1. nut
2. bean

Adjective

kacang (Jawi spelling کاچڠ, comparative lebih kacang, superlative paling kacang)

1. (figurative, colloquial) easy as pie; very easy

   Kacang je peperiksaan ni.

   The exam is easy as pie.

Further reading

• “kacang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017