permen karet

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of permen (“candy”) +‎ karet (“rubber”), calque from Hokkien 樹奶糖／树奶糖 (chhiūⁿ-ni-thn̂g, “chewing gum”, literally “rubber sweet; rubber candy”).

Noun

permen karet

  1. chewing gum

Further reading

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