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Ambonese Malay
Adjective
absen
- 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
Adjective
absèn
- absent
- Synonyms: mangkir, bolos, tidak hadir
Verb
absèn
- to be absent (in school, work and others)
- (colloquial) to do absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of absen (meng-, transitive)
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absen
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Involuntary
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Passive
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Basic / Imperative
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Jussive
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mengabsen
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diabsen
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absen
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absenlah
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Locative
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mengabseni
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diabseni
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abseni
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absenilah
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Causative / Applicative1
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mengabsenkan
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diabsenkan
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absenkan
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absenkanlah
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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.
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Noun
absèn (plural absen-absen, first-person possessive absenku, second-person possessive absenmu, third-person possessive absennya)
- (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.[1] ― 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
See also
References
- ^ 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
Etymology
Borrowed from English absent.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /absen/
Verb
absen (Jawi spelling ابسين)
- (colloquial) To be absent (in school, work and others)
- Synonym: tidak hadir
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Adjective
absen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)
- Alternative form of absent
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh absenn, absent, a learned borrowing from Latin absentia.
Pronunciation
Noun
absen m or f (plural absennau)
- absence
- Synonym: absenoldeb
- slander
- Synonym: athrod
Derived terms
Mutation
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