permen karet
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of permen (“candy”) + karet (“rubber”), calque from Hokkien 樹奶糖／树奶糖 (chhiūⁿ-ni-thn̂g, “chewing gum”, literally “rubber sweet; rubber candy”).
Noun
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “permen karet” 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.