mercun

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦼꦂꦕꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (mercon) from suffixation of mercu (“fireball”) + -an. Mercu itself is borrowed from Tamil விரிசு (viricu).^[1]

Noun

mercun (Jawi spelling مرچون, plural mercun-mercun, informal 1st possessive mercunku, 2nd possessive mercunmu, 3rd possessive mercunnya)

firecracker

Alternative forms

mercon (Indonesia)

References

^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 75.

[1] Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 75.

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