embacang

Malay

Alternative forms

• embachang

Etymology

Innovative form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qambawaŋ (“large mango: Mangifera odorata”). Also bacang, macang, membacang, kembacang, mancang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em.ba.t͡ʃaŋ/
• Rhymes: -acaŋ, -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

embacang (plural embacang-embacang, informal 1st possessive embacangku, 2nd possessive embacangmu, 3rd possessive embacangnya)

1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

• “embacang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.