absen

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See also: abșén

Ambonese Malay

Adjective

absen

  1. absent

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -sɛn, -ɛn, -n
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sèn

Adjective

absèn

  1. absent
    Synonyms: mangkir, bolos, tidak hadir

Verb

absèn

  1. to be absent (in school, work and others)
  2. (colloquial) to do absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of absen (meng-, transitive)
Root absen
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mengabsen diabsen absen absenlah
Locative mengabseni diabseni abseni absenilah
Causative / Applicative1 mengabsenkan diabsenkan absenkan absenkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Noun

absèn (plural absen-absen, first-person possessive absenku, second-person possessive absenmu, third-person possessive absennya)

  1. (colloquial) clipping of absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).
    Titip absen adalah menyuruh seseorang untuk menandatangani absensi biasanya dengan tujuan agar dapat dihitung hadir walaupun sebenarnya tidak hadir. ― Attendance entrustment is to ask someone to sign the attendance usually with the aim that it can be counted as being present even though they are not present.

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Yuni Rafita (2012 January) “Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kecurangan Akademik (Titip Absen) pada Mahasiswa S1 Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Islam Indonesia”, in Khazanah: Jurnal Mahasiswa (in Indonesian), volume 5, number 2, pages 26–37

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English absent.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /absen/

Verb

absen (Jawi spelling ابسين)

  1. (colloquial) To be absent (in school, work and others)
    Synonym: tidak hadir

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh absenn, absent, a learned borrowing from Latin absentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

absen m or f (plural absennau)

  1. absence
    Synonym: absenoldeb
  2. slander
    Synonym: athrod

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
absen unchanged unchanged habsen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “absen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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