kencing manis

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound kencing (“to urinate”) and manis (“sweet”), from Malay kencing manis, from Chinese 糖尿 (“diabetes mellitus”, literally “glycosuria”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kənˈt͡ʃɪŋ ˈmanɪs]

Noun

kencing manis (first-person possessive kencing manisku, second-person possessive kencing manismu, third-person possessive kencing manisnya)

  1. diabetes mellitus
    Synonyms: diabetes melitus, penyakit gula

Malay

Etymology

From kencing (“to urinate”) and manis (“sweet”).

Noun

kencing manis (Jawi spelling کنچيڠ مانيس, plural kencing-kencing manis, informal 1st possessive kencing manisku, 2nd possessive kencing manismu, 3rd possessive kencing manisnya)

  1. diabetes mellitus
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