mancis
Latin
Adjective
mancīs
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of mancus
Malay
Etymology
Epenthesis of macis, from English matches.
Noun
mancis (Jawi spelling منچيس, plural mancis-mancis, informal 1st possessive mancisku, 2nd possessive mancismu, 3rd possessive mancisnya)
- match (stick)
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “machis”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 83-84
Further reading
- “mancis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.