kucing

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ (compare Malay kucing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.t͡ʃiŋ/

Noun

kucing

  1. cat (domestic species)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkut͡ʃɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃɪŋ, -ɪŋ,
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃɪŋ

Noun

kucing (plural kucing-kucing, first-person possessive kucingku, second-person possessive kucingmu, third-person possessive kucingnya)

  1. cat (domestic species)
  2. (gay slang) homosexual partner; homosexual sugar baby

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Further reading

Javanese

Alternative forms

Noun

kucing

  1. cat

References

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kucing”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Malay

Alternative forms

  • kuching (British colonies, pre-1972)
  • koetjing (Dutch Indies, pre-1947)
  • kutjing (Indonesia, 1947-1967)

Etymology

From Proto Western Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ. The history of this term is unclear. Although kucing applies almost exclusively to domestic cats today, it may have had earlier applications to wild felines.

Pronunciation

Noun

kucing (Jawi spelling کوچيڠ, plural kucing-kucing, informal 1st possessive kucingku, 2nd possessive kucingmu, 3rd possessive kucingnya)

  1. cat (domestic species)
    Kucing saya berwarna kelabu.
    My cat is gray.

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Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کوچڠ koetjing”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 93
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوچڠ kuching”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 545
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kuching”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 617

Further reading

Waray-Waray

Noun

kucing

  1. (literary) cat
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