kucing

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ (compare Malay kucing).

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kucing

  1. cat (domestic species)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ.

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Noun

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kucing (plural kucing-kucing, first-person possessive kucingku, second-person possessive kucingmu, third-person possessive kucingnya)

  1. cat (domestic species)
  2. (gay slang) homosexual partner; homosexual sugar baby

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kucing

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦕꦶꦁ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto Western Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ. The history of this term is unclear. Although kucing applies almost exclusively to domestic cats today, it may have had earlier applications to wild felines.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kucing (Jawi spelling کوچيڠ, plural kucing-kucing, informal 1st possessive kucingku, 2nd possessive kucingmu, 3rd possessive kucingnya)

  1. cat (domestic species)
    Kucing saya berwarna kelabu.
    My cat is gray.

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References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کوچڠ koetjing”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 93
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوچڠ kuching”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 545
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kuching”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 617

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Waray-Waray

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Noun

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kucing

  1. (literary) cat