Wiktionary

anjing

See also: ānjìng and ànjǐng

Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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Compare Malay anjing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anjing

  1. dog (animal)

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay anjing, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and Proto-Austronesian *asu, presumably through an independent replacement of the last syllable in Proto-Malayic *asu(ʔ) to create a polite register form, or through borrowing from Old Javanese añjiṅ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anjing (plural anjing-anjing)

  1. dog, Canis familiaris
  2. (vulgar) dog, bitch, motherfucker

Interjection

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anjing

  1. (vulgar) bitch, shit, motherfucker
    Synonym: asu

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Compounds

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Further reading

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Malay

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 anjing on Malay Wikipedia

Etymology

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Ultimately inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and Proto-Austronesian *asu, presumably through a replacement of the last syllable in Proto-Malayic *asu(ʔ) to create a polite register form, perhaps by analogy to similar process in Javanese. Compare the alternation in Javanese masuk > manjing (“to enter”), jalu > jantĕn (“male (of animal and plants), husband”) and ésuk > ènjing (“morning”).

However, such an alternation to make polite register form typically uses -ntan in Malay, and anjing in particular might have been directly borrowed from Old Javanese añjiṅ. Compare Malay alu > antan (“pestle”) and piama > piantan (“rice-planting season”), for which no Javanese counterparts exist and thus could not have been borrowed.[1]

The form asu is preserved only dialectally, and also in gigi asu (“canine tooth”).[2]

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Noun

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anjing (Jawi spelling انجيڠ, plural anjing-anjing or anjing2)

  1. dog (animal)
    Synonyms: asu, kuyuk
    Anjing saya suka tidur dan makan. ― My dog likes to sleep and eat.
  2. (derogatory, offensive) a contemptible person; a bastard
    Coordinate term: babi (a contemptible person)
    Ultras Malaya ekor harimau Malaya! Kami turun ke Shah Alam, Satu jiwa sokong Malaysia, Singapore Anjing dibunuh saja ― Ultras Malaya is a Malayan tiger! We will go to Shah Alam, support Malaysia together ["with one life"], and defeat ["kill off"] the Singaporean bastards ["dogs"] - a football chant

Usage notes

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Similar to babi, the reason why "anjing" is used as an offensive insult is because dogs are unclean in Islam, the national religion of Malaysia.

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

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  1. ^ Hoogervorst, T. (2017), “Lexical influence from North India to Maritime Southeast Asia: Some new directions.”, in Man in India, volume 97, number 1, pages 293-334
  2. ^ Adelaar, K.A. (1992), “The relevance of Salako for Proto-Malayic and for Old Malay epigraphy”, in Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde [Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia], volume 148, number 3, →DOI, pages 381-408

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Sundanese

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Noun

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anjing (Sundanese script ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮤᮀ)

  1. dog (animal)
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