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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ikan/
  • Hyphenation: i‧kan

Noun

ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)
  2. fish (flesh of fish as food)

Synonyms

Chuukese

Noun

ikan

  1. here (the place close to where the speaker is at)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkan/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧kan

Noun

ikán (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)
    Synonyms: sida, lames

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan, underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ikan/
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  • Hyphenation: i‧kan
  • Rhymes: -kan, -an

Noun

ikan (first-person possessive ikanku, second-person possessive ikanmu, third-person possessive ikannya)

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

ikan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いかん

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ikán

  1. fish

Synonyms

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan; underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).

Pronunciation

Noun

ikan (Jawi spelling ايکن, plural ikan-ikan, informal 1st possessive ikanku, 2nd possessive ikanmu, 3rd possessive ikannya)

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)
    Ikan itu berwarna biru.
    That fish is blue .

Synonyms

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ikan

Further reading

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Edo ọkhan

Pronunciation

Noun

ikán

  1. termite
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