mercun

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦼꦂꦕꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (mercon) from suffixation of mercu (“fireball”) + -an. Mercu itself is borrowed from Tamil விரிசு (viricu).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈmə(r)t͡ʃon/ [ˈmə(r).t͡ʃon]
    • Rhymes: -on
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /mərˈt͡ʃun/ [mərˈt͡ʃun]
    • Rhymes: -un
  • Hyphenation: mer‧cun

Noun

mercun (Jawi spelling مرچون, plural mercun-mercun)

  1. firecracker

Derived terms

Proverbs
  • mercun buluh senapang bambu, kepada saya jangan dituju

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: mercon (inherited)

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 75.

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