kancing

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kancing. Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kancing, “lock, door lock; button”), Old Javanese kañciṅ (“lock, bar, bolt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkan.t͡ʃɪŋ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧cing

Noun

kancing (plural kancing-kancing, first-person possessive kancingku, second-person possessive kancingmu, third-person possessive kancingnya)

1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
2. hook (small metal catch inserted in a loop or eye for fastening clothes)

Derived terms

• dikancing
• dikancingkan
• mengancing
• mengancingkan
• pengancing
• terkancing

 

• kancing baju
• kancing gigi
• kancing mulut

 

Further reading

• “kancing” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.t͡ʃiŋ/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈkän.t͡ʃɪŋ], [ˈkän.t͡ʃeŋ]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃeŋ, -eŋ, -ɪŋ
• Rhymes: -iŋ

Noun

kancing (Jawi spelling کانچيڠ, plural kancing-kancing, informal 1st possessive kancingku, 2nd possessive kancingmu, 3rd possessive kancingnya)

1. buckle; fastener; button

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengancing [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• mengancing [agent focus] (meN-)
• mengancingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dikancing [patient focus] (di-)
• dikancingkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terkancing [agentless action] (teR-)
• berkancing [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• kancing baju
• kancing gigi
• kancing mulut

Descendants

• Indonesian: kancing

Further reading

• “kancing” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.