ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁aŋ (“joint, jointed stem”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kən.ʈaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ken‧thang

Noun

ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ (kenthang)

  1. potato: the tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.

Descendants

  • >? Malay: kentang (“potato”)
    • Indonesian: kentang
    • → Hokkien: 蕳砃 / 𫈉砃 (kan-tang)
    • → Teochew: 蕳砃 / 𫈉砃 (gang1 dang1)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kenthang”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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