encer
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay encer (“thin and watery”) (Batavia Malay), from Javanese èncèr (“liquid; thin, weak; smart”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɛnt͡ʃɛr/ [ˈɛɲ.t͡ʃɛr]
- Rhymes: -ɛnt͡ʃɛr
- Syllabification: en‧cer
Adjective
encer (comparative lebih encer, superlative paling encer)
- watery (not viscous enough)
- Synonym: cair
- diluted
- thin, weak.
- dissolved, liquefied.
- aqueous
- (colloquial) quick, bright, perceptive, smart.
- Synonym: cerdas
- (colloquial) trivial, unimportant.
- clear
- quick
- sloppy
- washy
Derived terms
- enceran
- keenceran
- mengencerkan
- pengencer
- pengenceran
- seencer
Further reading
- “encer”, 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