kencing manis
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound kencing (“to urinate”) and manis (“sweet”), from Malay kencing manis, from Chinese 糖尿 (“diabetes mellitus”, literally “glycosuria”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kencing manis (first-person possessive kencing manisku, second-person possessive kencing manismu, third-person possessive kencing manisnya)
- diabetes mellitus
- Synonyms: diabetes melitus, penyakit gula
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From kencing (“to urinate”) and manis (“sweet”).
Noun edit
kencing manis (Jawi spelling کنچيڠ مانيس, plural kencing-kencing manis, informal 1st possessive kencing manisku, 2nd possessive kencing manismu, 3rd possessive kencing manisnya)