singkek
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Hokkien 新客 (sin-kheh, literally “new guest”), a term used to refer to relatively new Chinese arrivals in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia (as opposed to Peranakan) around the 1800s to 1900s, as compound of 新 (sin, “new; recently”) + 客 (kheh, “guest”). Compare Malay sengkek, Tagalog singki.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
singkék
- (ethnic slur, offensive) Chinese pure blood (as opposed to a Peranakan)
- Synonym: totok
- (ethnic slur, offensive) Chinaman, Chink (person of Chinese descent)
Usage notes edit
Considered a stronger ethnic slur than Cina.
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Hypernyms edit
Adjective edit
singkék
- (colloquial) stingy
- dasar singkek
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading edit
- “singkek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 新客 (sin-kheeh / sin-kheh, “newcomer”, literally “new guest”), a term used to refer to relatively new Chinese arrivals in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (as opposed to Peranakan) around the 1800s to 1900s, as compound of 新 (sin, “new; recently”) + 客 (kheh, “guest”). Compare Indonesian singkek, Tagalog singki.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
singkek
- Alternative form of sengkek
Hypernyms edit
Further reading edit
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) A Malay-English dictionary (Romanised)[1], volume 2, Mytilene (Greece): Salavopoulos and Kinderlis Art - Printers, pages 477-478
Minangkabau edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Indonesian singkat (“short; brief; concise”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
singkek