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kentang.

potato:

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[kənˈtaŋ]
  1. potato: the tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant

  2. potato: an underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size

    humorous · slang
Where this word comes from

From Malay kentang, from Classical Malay kentang, from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ (kenthang, “tuber”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁aŋ (“joint, jointed stem”). * Semantic loan from English potato (“underpowered; low-end”, literally “potato”) for "an underpowered, low-end computing device".

adj[kənˈtaŋ]
  1. hanging, unfinished, unresolved

    slang
    Lagi kentang nih, bentar lagi kelar.
Where this word comes from

Blend of kena + tanggung.

adj[kənˈtaŋ]
  1. underpowered, low-end

    humorous · slang
    Aku tidak bisa bermain karena ponselku kentang.
Where this word comes from

From Malay kentang, from Classical Malay kentang, from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ (kenthang, “tuber”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁aŋ (“joint, jointed stem”). * Semantic loan from English potato (“underpowered; low-end”, literally “potato”) for "an underpowered, low-end computing device".

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