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Galician
Verb
segan
- third-person plural present indicative of segar
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay segan.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sêgan
- averse, unwilling, reluctant
- Synonym: enggan
Yang segan bertanya akan sesat di jalan.- Those who are unwilling to ask will go astray.
- shy, ashamed
Gadis itu segan untuk makan dengan orang-orang yang tidak dikenalnya.- That girl is shy to eat with people she doesn’t know.
- showing respect (towards), deferential
Semua murid segan kepada guru itu.- All the students respect that teacher.
References
- Alan M. Stevens, A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010) A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary, second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 889
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Adjective
segan (Jawi spelling سݢن)
- averse, unwilling, reluctant
Mereka segan hendak turun naik tangga mahkamah itu- They are unwilling to go up and down the courthouse stairs
- shy, ashamed
Ada sesetengah ibu yang berasa segan kerana mengandung- There are some mothers who feel ashamed from being pregnant
Further reading
Old High German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin signum.
Noun
segan m
- sign (of the cross)
- blessing
- power
Declension
Declension of segan (masculine a-stem)
Descendants
- Middle High German: segen
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014