sengkuang

Malay

Alternative forms

• bengkuang, cengkuang, singkuang

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Philippine Spanish síncamas but influenced by mengkuang or Tagalog singkamas or Tausug, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama (“jicama”), from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səŋˈkuaŋ/ [səŋˈkwaŋ]

Noun

sengkuang (Jawi spelling سڠکواڠ, plural sengkuang-sengkuang or sengkuang²)

1. jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus)

Descendants

• Indonesian: sêngkuang

Further reading

• "sengkuang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "sengkuang" at PRPM first version)