sengit

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay sengit (“pungent”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋ(ə)hij. Compare Old Javanese saṅit, Tagalog sanghid.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈŋit/ [səˈŋɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: se‧ngit

Adjective

sengit (comparative lebih sengit, superlative paling sengit)

1. pungent

   Synonyms: angit, hangit, nyamu, sangit

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay sengit (“hate”), from Javanese sengit (“prickly, unpleasant; detest, loathe”), from Old Javanese sĕṅhit, sĕṅit (“anger, embitterment, fury, resentment”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈŋit/ [səˈŋɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: se‧ngit

Adjective

sengit (comparative lebih sengit, superlative paling sengit)

1. caustic, sharp, stinging (of words)

   Synonyms: tajam, pedas

2. furious, intense, violent (of quarrel or conflict)
3. cruel.

   Synonym: begis

Derived terms

• kesengitan
• menyengit
• sesengit
• tersengit

Further reading

• “sengit”, 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