makan

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See also: makán, mákan, and Makan

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

makan

  1. to eat (consume)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Cognates

Cognate with Pattani Malay ماکٍي (makɛ), Minangkabau makan, Banjarese makan, Iban makai, Urak Lawoi' มากัด (makat).

Verb

makan (active memakan, passive dimakan, involuntary/perfective passive termakan)

  1. (transitive) to eat
    Ikan itu kami makan sebagai sarapan.
    We ate the fish as breakfast.
  2. (transitive) to consume
    Synonym: konsumsi
  3. (transitive) to take (to require time or cost for an action)
    Rumah sakit ini memakan waktu yang lama untuk dibangun hingga jadi.
    This hospital took a long time to build and complete.
Conjugation
Conjugation of makan (meng-, transitive)
Root makan
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active memakan termakan dimakan makan makanlah
Locative – – – – –
Causative / Applicative1 memakankan termakankan dimakankan makankan makankanlah
Causative
Locative – – – – –
Causative / Applicative1 mempermakankan terpermakankan dipermakankan permakankan permakankanlah
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.

Adjective

makan

  1. (figurative, informal) work properly
    Untung saja remnya makan kalau tidak matilah kau. ― You're lucky that the brake worked properly otherwise you would be dead.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Clipping of makanan

Noun

makan (first-person possessive makanku, second-person possessive makanmu, third-person possessive makannya)

  1. (figurative) living; sustenance
    Synonyms: nafkah, penghidupan, rezeki

Further reading

Malay

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay (mākan) in the form nimākan (current spelling dimakan).

Pronunciation

Verb

makan (Jawi spelling ماکن)

  1. to eat
  2. consume, spend
  3. to injure or penetrate
  4. (impersonal) to work as expected
  5. fit in
  6. to follow (an advice)
  7. to receive bribes or illegally obtained money

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: makan

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

makan

  1. definite singular of maka

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macan (“bruised”), an inflection of macar (“to bruise”), although according to Manuel (1948), it is supposedly from Macao, due to Noceda & Sanlucar (1860) defining it as "Arroz de tubigan, bueno y oloroso, uno es blanco y otro colorado. Vino la semilla de Macan." and an early account of Fr. Domingo de Salazar (1583) saying that they have located it at "la ysla de Macan, donde viven los Portugueses que estan junto a la ciudad de Cantón, en la China,...".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈkan/,
  • Hyphenation: ma‧kan

Noun

makán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. (botany) a type of aromatic rice (Oryza sativa, sometimes subspecies O. s. indica) grown across the Philippines with a variety of white rice and red rice, often considered as a second-class rice
  2. (zoology) a species of pig with a savory meat when cooked

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