anakan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed anak (“child”) +‎ -an, from Malay anakan, from Classical Malay انقن (anakan).

  • Sense of interest in economics or finance is a semantic loan from Chinese 利子 (“interest”, literally “benefit, profit + child, son”) or Japanese 子(し) (shi, “interest”, literally “child”). Compare to Javanese anakan (ꦲꦤꦏꦤ꧀, “interest”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈnakan/ [aˈna.kan]
  • Rhymes: -akan
  • Syllabification: a‧na‧kan

Noun

anakan (plural anakan-anakan)

  1. (economics, finance) interest
    Synonyms: bunga, renten, riba
  2. young plant or animal
    1. (botany) tiller: a shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker
    2. young animal, especially for breeding
      anakan burung ― nestling
  3. (meteorology) tornadic water spout

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