lonceng

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 亂鐘仔／乱钟仔 (loān-cheng-á, “alarm clock”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɔnt͡ʃɛŋ]
Hyphenation: lon‧cèng

Noun

loncèng (first-person possessive loncengku, second-person possessive loncengmu, third-person possessive loncengnya)

bell
Synonyms: bel, genta
clock
Synonym: jam dinding

Alternative forms

loceng (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

“lonceng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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