kancing
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kancing. Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kancing, “lock, door lock; button”), Old Javanese kañciṅ (“lock, bar, bolt”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkant͡ʃiŋ/ [ˈkaɲ.t͡ʃɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -ant͡ʃiŋ
- Syllabification: kan‧cing
Noun
kancing (plural kancing-kancing)
- button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
- hook (small metal catch inserted in a loop or eye for fastening clothes)
Derived terms
- dikancing
- dikancingkan
- mengancing
- mengancingkan
- pengancing
- terkancing
- kancing baju
- kancing gigi
- kancing mulut
Further reading
- “kancing”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
kancing
- romanization of ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Standard Literary) IPA(key): /ˈkant͡ʃiŋ/ [ˈkaɲ.t͡ʃiŋ]
- Rhymes: -ant͡ʃiŋ, -t͡ʃiŋ, -iŋ
- (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): /ˈkant͡ʃeŋ/ [ˈkaɲ.t͡ʃeŋ]
- Rhymes: -ant͡ʃeŋ, -t͡ʃeŋ, -eŋ
- Hyphenation: kan‧cing
Noun
kancing (Jawi spelling کانچيڠ, plural kancing-kancing or kancing2)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pengancing [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- mengancing [agent focus] (meN-)
- mengancingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- dikancing [patient focus] (di-)
- dikancingkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terkancing [agentless action] (teR-)
- berkancing [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- kancing baju
- kancing gigi
- kancing mulut
Descendants
- Indonesian: kancing
Further reading
- "kancing" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017