macang

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmacaŋ/, [ˈma.cçãŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cang

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese macan (“tiger”)

Noun

macang (Lontara spelling ᨆᨌ)

  1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
Affixations
  • aʼmacang-macang
Compounds
  • miong balo macang

Etymology 2

From Malay macang

Noun

macang (Lontara spelling ᨆᨌ)

  1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of embacang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.t͡ʃaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -acaŋ, -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

macang (plural macang-macang)

  1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

  • “macang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
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