kenceng
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦼꦁ (kenceng, “tight; straight, direct; strong”), ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦁ (kencang, “to stretch and tie”), from Malay kencang, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kcəŋ (“stretched, to stretch”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kən.t͡ʃəŋ/
- Hyphenation: kên‧cêng
Adjective
kêncêng
- Informal form of kencang.
- (colloquial, vulgar) high, ecstatic primarily (but not exclusively) from the use of drugs
- 2006, Andre Syahreza, The Innocent Rebel, GagasMedia, p. 193:
- Kalau lagi dugem, yang penting suara musiknya harus keras, supaya tambah kenceng,
- The important thing when you are in a club is for the music to be loud, so that you feel high and ecstatic,
- Kalau lagi dugem, yang penting suara musiknya harus keras, supaya tambah kenceng,
- 2006, Andre Syahreza, The Innocent Rebel, GagasMedia, p. 193:
Etymology 2
From Teochew 弓 (gêng1, “bow”) + 鑽/钻 (zeng3, “drill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛnt͡ʃɛŋ]
- Hyphenation: kèn‧cèng
Noun
kèncèng (first-person possessive kencengku, second-person possessive kencengmu, third-person possessive kencengnya)
- bow drill.
Etymology 3
From Malay kenceng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛnt͡ʃɛŋ]
- Hyphenation: kèn‧cèng
Noun
kèncèng (first-person possessive kencengku, second-person possessive kencengmu, third-person possessive kencengnya)
- cauldron
References
- H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, OCLC 76699014
Further reading
- “kenceng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.