mercun
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Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦼꦂꦕꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (mercon) from suffixation of mercu (“fireball”) + -an. Mercu itself is borrowed from Tamil விரிசு (viricu).[1]
Noun
[edit]mercun (Jawi spelling مرچون, plural mercun-mercun, informal 1st possessive mercunku, 2nd possessive mercunmu, 3rd possessive mercunnya)
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 75.