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kancing

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kancing. Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kancing, “lock, door lock; button”), Old Javanese kañciṅ (“lock, bar, bolt”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkant͡ʃiŋ/ [ˈkaɲ.t͡ʃɪŋ]
Rhymes: -ant͡ʃiŋ
Syllabification: kan‧cing

Noun

kancing (plural kancing-kancing)

button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
hook (small metal catch inserted in a loop or eye for fastening clothes)

Derived terms

Further reading

“kancing”, 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

Romanization

kancing

romanization of ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ

Malay

Pronunciation

(Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkant͡ʃiŋ/ [ˈkaɲ.t͡ʃiŋ]
- Rhymes: -ant͡ʃiŋ, -t͡ʃiŋ, -iŋ
(Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkant͡ʃeŋ/ [ˈkaɲ.t͡ʃeŋ]
- Rhymes: -ant͡ʃeŋ, -t͡ʃeŋ, -eŋ
Hyphenation: kan‧cing

Noun

kancing (Jawi spelling کانچيڠ, plural kancing-kancing or kancing²)

buckle; fastener; button

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

pengancing [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
mengancing [agent focus] (meN-)
mengancingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
dikancing [patient focus] (di-)
dikancingkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
terkancing [agentless action] (teR-)
berkancing [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

Indonesian: kancing

Further reading

"kancing" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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