centang

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦺꦤ꧀ꦛꦁ (cénthang, “to tick off; to place a mark”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃen.taŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃen̪.t̪aŋ/
  • Rhymes: -entaŋ
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tang

Noun

centang

  1. tick; checkmark (a mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement)

Verb

centang (active mencentang, passive dicentang)

  1. (transitive) to tick; to checkmark (to mark with a ✓ symbol)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃənˈtaŋ/ [t͡ʃən̪ˈt̪aŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: cen‧tang

Noun

centang

  1. curved embankment

Further reading

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