ganyang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦚꦁ (ganyang, to eat (foods) raw; to crush, to stamp out).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɲaŋ/ [ˈɡa.ɲaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɲaŋ
  • Syllabification: ga‧nyang

Verb

ganyang

  1. to eat
    Synonyms: lahap, makan
  2. to scrape
    Synonym: kikis
  3. (figurative) to destroy; crush; obliterate (the enemy, adversary)
    Ganyang Malaysia!
    Destroy Malaysia!

Derived terms

Affixations
  • diganyang
  • mengganyang

Descendants

  • Malay: ganyang

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ganyang

  1. romanization of ꦒꦚꦁ