engkong

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 俺公 (án-kong, “(paternal) grandfather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əŋkɔŋ/, [əŋˈk̠ɔŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ
  • Hyphenation: eng‧kong

Noun

engkong

  1. grandfather
    Synonym: kakè'
    Coordinate terms: nènè', nyai, popo

Usage notes

While engkong can be found everywhere throughout the Betawi-speaking area, the usage of nyai (“grandmother”) as its counterpart is characteristic of the Urban Jakarta dialect.[1]

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: engkong

References

  1. ^ Grijns, C. D. (1991), Jakarta Malay: A multidimensional approach to spatial variation, volume 1, Leiden: KITLV Press, →ISBN, page 217

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 俺公 (án-kong, “(paternal) grandfather”), both directly and via Betawi engkong (“grandfather”). Compare Tagalog angkong.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /əŋˈkoŋ/ [əŋˈkoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Syllabification: eng‧kong

Noun

engkong (plural engkong-engkong)

  1. grandfather

Usage notes

Chiefly used by Indonesians of Chinese and Betawi cultural background.

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