mancis

Latin

Adjective

mancīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of mancus

Malay

Etymology

Epenthesis of macis, from English matches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mänt͡ʃɪs]
• Rhymes: -is

Noun

mancis (Jawi spelling منچيس, plural mancis-mancis or mancis²)

1. match (stick)

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “machis”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 83-84

Further reading

• "mancis" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017