lengkeng
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hokkien 龍眼 / 龙眼 (lêng-kéng, “longan”, literally “dragon eye”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈleŋkeŋ/ [ˈleŋ.kɛŋ]
- Rhymes: -eŋkeŋ
- Syllabification: leng‧keng
Noun
lengkeng (plural lengkeng-lengkeng)
Alternative forms
- klengkeng
Synonyms
- longan (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “lengkeng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.