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kenceng.

informal form of kencang

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/kən.t͡ʃəŋ/
  1. informal form of kencang

    form-of · informal
  2. high, ecstatic primarily (but not exclusively) from the use of drugs

    colloquial · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦼꦁ (kenceng, “tight; straight, direct; strong”), ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦁ (kencang, “to stretch and tie”), from Malay kencang, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kcəŋ (“stretched, to stretch”).

noun[ˈkɛnt͡ʃɛŋ]
  1. bow drill

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Peranakan Indonesian kenceng (“bow drill”), from Teochew 弓 (gêng¹, “bow”) + 鑽/钻 (zeng³, “drill”).

noun[ˈkɛnt͡ʃɛŋ]
  1. cauldron

Where this word comes from

From Malay kenceng.

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