kenan

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Etymology

Affixed kena (“to hit”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay kenan. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can, allowed; succeed”, literally “hit, struck”) for sense related to agreement, approval; pleasure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə.ˈnan/
  • Rhymes: -nan
  • Hyphenation: kê‧nan

Verb

kênan

  1. to agree, to approve

Derived terms

Noun

kênan (plural kenan-kenan, first-person possessive kenanku, second-person possessive kenanmu, third-person possessive kenannya)

  1. birthmark

Further reading

Malay

Verb

kenan

  1. agree
  2. to like
  3. to be happy

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Noun

kenan (Jawi spelling کنن, plural kenan-kenan, informal 1st possessive kenanku, 2nd possessive kenanmu, 3rd possessive kenannya)

  1. (medicine) birth defect
  2. birthmark

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