cacing

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *caciŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *caciŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.t͡ʃiŋ/

Noun

cacing

1. worm

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*caciŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cacing, from Proto-Malayic *caciŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *caciŋ (“a kind of worm”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃiŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃɪŋ]

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• Rhymes: -at͡ʃiŋ
• Syllabification: ca‧cing

Noun

cacing (plural cacing-cacing)

1. worm

Derived terms

• cacingan (“helminthiasis, worm infection”)

• cacing benang (“a kind of nematode worms”)
• cacing es (“ice worm”)
• cacing gelang (“roundworm”)
• cacing gelang-gelang (“roundworm”)
• cacing gelang-gelang raya (“giant roundworm”)
• cacing ginjal (“giant kidney worm”)
• cacing hati (“liver fluke”)
• cacing jantung (“heart worm”)
• cacing kalung (“roundworm”)
• (figurative, used in phrases) cacing kepanasan (“can't stay or stop moving”)
• cacing kerawit (“pinworm”)
• cacing keremi (“pinworm”)
• cacing keruit (“pinworm”)
• cacing palolo (“Eunice aphroditois”)
• cacing perut (“stomach worm”)
• cacing pipih (“flatworm”)
• cacing pita (“tapeworm”)
• cacing tambang (“hookworm”)
• cacing tanah (“earthworm”)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*caciŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “cacing” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

cacing

1. Romanization of ꦕꦕꦶꦁ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *caciŋ (“kind of worm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.t͡ʃiŋ/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃiŋ

Noun

cacing (Jawi spelling چاچيڠ, plural cacing-cacing, informal 1st possessive cacingku, 2nd possessive cacingmu, 3rd possessive cacingnya)

1. worm

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*caciŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “cacing” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *caciŋ.

Noun

cacing (Sundanese script ᮎᮎᮤᮀ)

1. worm

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*caciŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI