kenceng
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kêncêng
- Informal form of kencang.
- (colloquial, vulgar) high, ecstatic primarily (but not exclusively) from the use of drugs
- 2006, Andre Syahreza, The Innocent Rebel, GagasMedia, page 193:
- Kalau lagi dugem, yang penting suara musiknya harus keras, supaya tambah kenceng,
- The important thing when you are in a club is for the music to be loud, so that you feel high and ecstatic,
Etymology 2 edit
From Teochew 弓 (gêng1, “bow”) + 鑽/钻 (zeng3, “drill”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kèncèng (first-person possessive kencengku, second-person possessive kencengmu, third-person possessive kencengnya)
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kèncèng (first-person possessive kencengku, second-person possessive kencengmu, third-person possessive kencengnya)
References edit
Further reading edit
- “kenceng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.