sengkuang

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Philippine Spanish síncamas but influenced by mengkuang or Tagalog singkamas or Tausug, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama (“jicama”), from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səŋˈkwaŋ/ [səŋˈkwaŋ]

Noun

sengkuang (Jawi spelling سڠکواڠ, plural sengkuang-sengkuang)

  1. jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sêngkuang

Further reading

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