kentang
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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".
Noun edit
kêntang (plural kentang-kentang, first-person possessive kentangku, second-person possessive kentangmu, third-person possessive kentangnya)
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Adjective edit
kentang
- (slang, computing, humorous, extension) underpowered, low-end.
- Aku tidak bisa bermain karena ponselku kentang. ― I can't play games because my phone is a potato.
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Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
kentang
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.- Lagi kentang nih, bentar lagi kelar. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading edit
- “kentang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ (kenthang, “tuber”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kentang (Jawi spelling کنتڠ, plural kentang-kentang, informal 1st possessive kentangku, 2nd possessive kentangmu, 3rd possessive kentangnya)
- potato
- Ibu sedang merebus kentang di dalam dapur.
- Mother is boiling potatoes in the kitchen.
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “kentang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "kentang" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.