mercon
Indonesian
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Javanese mercon (ꦩꦼꦂꦕꦺꦴꦤ꧀), suffixation of mercu (“fireball”) + -an, from Tamil விரிசு (viricu).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmercon
- firecracker (a small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang)
- (figurative) a very spicy chili component
Notes
edit- The form mercun is the standard form in Standard Malay (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore), but not in Indonesian.
References
edit- ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 75.
Further reading
edit- mercon on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id