canggih

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay canggih (“talking too much”). All “sophisticated” senses is a semantic loan from English sophisticated. The sense complicated in technology was Coined by Indonesian politician Herman Johannes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaŋ.ɡih/
• Hyphenation: cang‧gih
• Rhymes: -ɡih, -ih

Adjective

canggih (comparative lebih canggih, superlative paling canggih)

1. sophisticated
   1. complicated, especially of complex technology
   2. having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan

      Synonym: berpengalaman

   3. appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral

      Synonym: intelektual

2. (obsolete) tending to talk a lot; talkative

   Synonyms: bawel, cerewet

3. disruptive

   Synonym: ribut

Derived terms

• kecanggihan
• mencanggihkan
• pencanggihan
• secanggih

Further reading

• “canggih” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.