kancing

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kancing. Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kancing, “lock, door lock; button”), Old Javanese kañciṅ (“lock, bar, bolt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkan.t͡ʃɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: kan‧cing

Noun

kancing (plural kancing-kancing, first-person possessive kancingku, second-person possessive kancingmu, third-person possessive kancingnya)

  1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
  2. 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

Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kan.t͡ʃiŋ/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈkän.t͡ʃɪŋ], [ˈkän.t͡ʃeŋ]
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃeŋ, -eŋ, -ɪŋ
  • Rhymes: -iŋ

Noun

kancing (Jawi spelling کانچيڠ, plural kancing-kancing, informal 1st possessive kancingku, 2nd possessive kancingmu, 3rd possessive kancingnya)

  1. buckle; fastener; button

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
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