ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁aŋ (“joint, jointed stem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kən.ʈaŋ/
• Hyphenation: ken‧thang

Noun

ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ (kenthang)

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

Descendants

• >? Malay: kentang (“potato”)
  • Indonesian: kentang
  • → Hokkien: 蕳砃／𫈉砃 (kan-tang)
  • → Teochew: 蕳砃／𫈉砃 (gang¹ dang¹)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kenthang”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN