kencing

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kencing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kənˈt͡ʃɪŋ]
• Hyphenation: kên‧cing

Verb

kêncing

1. to urinate

Synonyms

• berkemih, pipis, buang air kecil

Derived terms

Terms derived from kencing

• kencing manis
• kencing-mengencingi
• mengencingi
• pengencingan
• perkencingan
• terkencing

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kən.t͡ʃiŋ/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kənˈt͡ʃɪŋ], [kənˈt͡ʃeŋ]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃeŋ, -eŋ, -ɪŋ
• Rhymes: -iŋ

Verb

kencing (Jawi spelling کنچيڠ)

1. to urinate

   Synonyms: kemih, buang air kecil

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengencingan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• pekencingan [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
• mengencingi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dikencing [patient focus] (di-)
• dikencingi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terkencing [agentless action] (teR-)
• berkencing [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kencing

Further reading

• “kencing” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.