akaun
Malay
Alternative forms
- akun (Indonesian)
Etymology
From English account, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”). Cognate to Tok Pisin akaun, Tagalog akuenta, and Indonesian akun.
Pronunciation
- (English-based) IPA(key): [e.ka.un]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- (Baku) IPA(key): [a.ka.un]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -aun, -un
- Hyphenation: a‧ka‧un
Noun
akaun (Jawi spelling اکاءون)
- An account:
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (computing, Internet) A user account.
- akaun YouTube ― YouTube account
- (banking) Savings stored in a bank and the records related with it.
- (informal) The field or subject of accounting.
Affixations
- perakaunan
Compounds
- akaun bank
- akaun beku
- akaun bersama
- akaun lapuk
- akaun luput
- akaun pendapatan dan perbelanjaan
- akaun penerima sahaja
- akaun semasa
- akaun simpanan
- akaun T
- akaun untung rugi
Further reading
- “akaun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English account. Cognate to Malay akaun.
Noun
akaun