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, impolite 2nd possessive mercunmu, 3rd possessive mercunnya)

  1. firecracker

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