embacang

embacang

Malay

Alternative forms

  • embachang

Etymology

Innovative form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qambawaŋ (“large mango: Mangifera odorata”).[1] Also bacang, macang, membacang, kembacang, mancang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em.ba.t͡ʃaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -acaŋ, -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

embacang (plural embacang-embacang or embacang2)

  1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qambawaŋ

Further reading

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