segan

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See also: sègan

Galician

Verb

segan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of segar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay segan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sêgan

  1. averse, unwilling, reluctant
    Synonym: enggan
    Yang segan bertanya akan sesat di jalan.
    Those who are unwilling to ask will go astray.
  2. 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.
  3. 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)

  1. averse, unwilling, reluctant
    Mereka segan hendak turun naik tangga mahkamah itu
    They are unwilling to go up and down the courthouse stairs
  2. 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

  1. sign (of the cross)
  2. blessing
  3. power

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: segen

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014