cincin

From Chinese [Term?] as per Blust (2010-), possibly Hokkien 手指 (chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ). Compare Malay cincin (“ring”), Indonesian cincin (“ring”), Tagalog singsing (“ring”), Ilocano singsing (“ring”), Maranao sising (“ring”), Tausug singsing (“ring”), Khmer ចិញ្ចៀន (cəñciən, “ring”), etc.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃin/
• Hyphenation: cin‧cin

cincin

1. ring (jewellery)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Chinese [Term?] as per Blust (2010-), possibly Hokkien 手指 (chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ). Compare Malay cincin (“ring”), Brunei Malay cincin (“ring”), Tagalog singsing (“ring”), Ilocano singsing (“ring”), Maranao sising (“ring”), Tausug singsing (“ring”), Khmer ចិញ្ចៀន (cəñciən, “ring”), etc.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃin/ [ˈt͡ʃiɲ.t͡ʃɪn]
• Rhymes: -int͡ʃin
• Syllabification: cin‧cin

cincin (plural cincin-cincin)

1. ring
   1. circumscribing object
   2. (jewellry) round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger
   3. (astronomy) a formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
   4. (chemistry) a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.

• “cincin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• cin cin

From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin (an expression of gratitude, salutation or congratulations), a reduplication of Shanghainese 請 / 请 (⁵chin, “please”), misinterpreted as onomatopoeic of two glasses clinking. Compare Portuguese tchim-tchim, tim-tim, Spanish chinchín, French tchin-tchin.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃin/

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• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: cin‧cìn

cincin

1. cheers! (when toasting)

   Synonyms: alla salute!, prosit!, salute!

cincin m (invariable)

1. toast

   Synonym: brindisi

From Chinese [Term?] as per Blust (2010-), possibly Hokkien 手指 (chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ). Compare Indonesian cincin (“ring”), Brunei Malay cincin (“ring”), Tagalog singsing (“ring”), Ilocano singsing (“ring”), Maranao sising (“ring”), Tausug singsing (“ring”),Khmer ចិញ្ចៀន (cəñciən, “ring”), etc.

cincin (Jawi spelling چينچين, plural cincin-cincin or cincin²)

1. ring (jewelry)

• "cincin" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From reduplication of cin (“to love”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩ̄.t͡ʃĩ̄/

cincin

1. love

   Synonyms: bòóyé, ebó

   Cincin gan ewó. ― Love surpasses money.