bikang
Betawi
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of kué bikang or cala bikang (“a type of cake made out of rice flour and coconut milk”).
Noun
bikang
- synonym of kué bikang (“a type of cake made out of rice flour and coconut milk”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sundanese bikang (“female, woman, wife”).
Noun
bikang
Adjective
bikang
- (of humans) female
Synonyms
Further reading
- Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “bikang”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 53
Sundanese
Sundanese register set | |
---|---|
lemes | istri |
loma | awéwé |
cohag | bikang, éwé |
Etymology
From Old Sundanese bikaṅ (“female (of animals)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bikaŋ/
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Noun
bikang (Sundanese script ᮘᮤᮊᮀ)
- a female (plant or animal)
- Antonym: jalu
- domba bikang ― ewe (literally, “female sheep”)
- (dialectal, vulgar) a female person
- (dialectal, vulgar) wife
Further reading
- "BIKANG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij