Katjang
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Noun
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.
Seeds or fruits of certain plants typically high in protein and enclosed in pods. This term is the archaic spelling for “peanut” or “bean”.
katjang
Spelling used during the Soewandi transitional period.
kacang tanah
Specifically refers to peanuts grown in the ground.
kacang-kacangan
Reduplicated form for pluralization.
kacang buncis
A vegetable bean variety.
This word is the spelling of kacang within the Van Ophuijsen orthography system used from 1901 to 1947. The grapheme tj represented the c sound and j represented the y sound during that era. In the Soewandi Spelling (Republic Spelling) starting in 1947, the word remained katjang as it kept the tj digraph while changing oe to u. It was only after the 1972 Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan (EYD) implementation that it became kacang, removing the t from the consonant cluster.
Tadi pagi saja memboeat roti isi katjang. (Tadi pagi saya membuat roti isi kacang.)
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Definition: An interrogative phrase in krama inggil Javanese register meaning “how” or “in what manner”, used to politely inquire about the condition, state, or method of something with a high degree of respect.
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