macang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• mancang

Etymology

Variant of embacang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈma.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃaŋ
• Syllabification: ma‧cang

Noun

macang (plural macang-macang)

1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

   Synonyms: ambacang, bacang, embacang, mawang, membacang, kebembem, kembacang, kuweni

Further reading

• “macang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmacaŋ/, [ˈma.cçãŋ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧cang

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese macan (“tiger”)

Noun

macang (Lontara spelling ᨆᨌ)

1. tiger (Panthera tigris)

Derived terms

Affixations

• aʼmacang-macang

Compounds

• miong balo macang

Etymology 2

From Malay macang

Noun

macang (Lontara spelling ᨆᨌ)

1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Alternative forms

• machang

Etymology

Variant of embacang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t͡ʃaŋ/
• Rhymes: -acaŋ, -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

macang (plural macang-macang or macang²)

1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

• "macang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.