# kucing
## Brunei Malay
### Alternative forms

* ucing

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ (compare Malay kucing).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku.t͡ʃiŋ/

### Noun

kucing
* cat (domestic species)

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* koetjing (1901–1947)
* kutjing (1947–1972)

### Etymology

Inherited from Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkut͡ʃiŋ/ [ˈku.t͡ʃɪŋ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut͡ʃiŋ
* Syllabification: ku‧cing

### Noun

kucing (plural kucing-kucing)
* cat (domestic species)
* (gay slang) homosexual partner; homosexual sugar baby

#### Synonyms

* meong

#### Derived terms

* kucing-kucing
* kucing-kucingan
* kucing abisinian
* kucing air
* kucing anggora
* kucing angora
* kucing bakau
* kucing batu
* kucing belanda
* kucing belang
* kucing bengal
* kucing congkok
* kucing emas
* kucing garong
* kucing hutan
* kucing kuwuk
* kucing liar
* kucing merah
* kucing negeri
* kucing pekak
* kucing piara
* kucing senggora
* kucing siam
* kucing tandang
* kucing tapai
* kucing tuli

### Further reading

* “kucing” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

kucing
* Romanization of ꦏꦸꦕꦶꦁ

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* kuching (British colonies, pre-1972)
* koetjing (Dutch Indies, pre-1947)
* kutjing (Indonesia, 1947-1967)

### Etymology

From Proto Western Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ. The history of this term is unclear. Although kucing applies almost exclusively to domestic cats today, it may have had earlier applications to wild felines.

### Pronunciation

* (Baku) IPA: /kut͡ʃɪŋ/
* (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA: /kut͡ʃeŋ/
* (Perak) IPA: /kut͡ʃen/
* (Kedah) IPA: /kut͡ʃin/
* Rhymes: -ut͡ʃeŋ
* Rhymes: -iŋ

### Noun

kucing (Jawi spelling کوچيڠ, plural kucing-kucing, informal 1st possessive kucingku, 2nd possessive kucingmu, 3rd possessive kucingnya)
* cat (domestic species)
    Kucing saya berwarna kelabu.My cat is gray.

#### Synonyms

* pusak (Sarawak)
* meong (Jakarta)

#### Derived terms

* kucing air
* kucing bakau
* kucing batu
* kucing belanda
* kucing belang
* kucing congkok
* kucing emas
* kucing garong
* kucing hutan
* kucing kuwuk
* kucing liar
* kucing merah
* kucing negeri
* kucing pekak
* kucing piara
* kucing senggora
* kucing siam
* kucing tandang
* kucing tapai
* kucing tuli
* kucing-kucing
* mata kucing
* tulang kucing

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کوچڠ koetjing”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 93
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوچڠ kuching”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 545
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kuching”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 617

### Further reading

* “kucing” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

kucing
* (literary) cat