kanjut

Sundanese

Etymology

Sense of 'sack' or 'purse' is no longer in common modern usage. Anatomical sense might have been from a clipping of kanjut kontol (literally “sack of the penis”), now synonymous with kontol (“penis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.d͡ʒut/, /ka.ɲut/ (Priangan)

Noun

kanjut (Sundanese script ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪)

  1. (obsolete) purse; money bag; sack[1]
  2. (now anatomy) scrotum
  3. (now anatomy, by extension, vulgar) penis; dick
  4. (vulgar, derogatory) term of abuse

References

  1. ^ "Kandjoet" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek, S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1913, page 259.
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