bikin

• békin (obsolete)

Vowel assimilation from békin, from early Batavian Malay baik (“good, fit, proper”) +‎ -in.^[1] Doublet of baè' and baèk. Compare Malay baiki, membaiki (“to fix, to repair”, literally “to make good”),^[2] the form bekki found in Kelantan and Coastal Terengganu with the suffix fossilized,^[3] as well as the first part of Manado Malay bekiapa, kiapa and North Moluccan Malay bikiapa (“why”, literally “to make what, to cause what”).^[4] Both baiki and beki are also attested in Malay records from the 17th to the 19th centuries with the sense of "to make, to construct".^[1][5]

• IPA^(key): /bikin/
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: bi‧kin

bikin (active mbikin or ngebikin or (archaic) membikin, passive dibikin)

1. to make (to create, produce, prepare from scratch)

   Synonyms: buat, keja

   • 1868, C. J. Batten, De djoeroe basa Betawi: Eenvoudige Bataviaasch-Maleische woordenverzameling [The Betawi translator: A simple Batavian-Malay word collection]‎^[4] (in Dutch), Batavia: H. M. van Dorp, page 30:

     (Loe) mistie iries katimoen (boewat) bikin slada.

     [(Lu) misti iris ketimun (buat) bikin selada.]

     You have to slice cucumbers to make a salad.

2. to make (to cause to be something else)

   Synonyms: keja, jadiin

   Bikin gedéan, bisa, ga'? ― Can you make it larger?

3. to make (to cause to do something)

   Enni pèlem banyolan bikin orang pada ngakak.

   This comedy film made people laugh out loud.

   • 1885 [1851], K. F. Holle & A. W. Holle, translated by A. F. von de Wall, Dongeng monjet dengen koera-koera [The fable of monkey and turtle]‎^[5], Batavia: G. Kolff & Co., translation of Tjarita koera-koera djeng monjet (in Sundanese), page 23:

     Itoe dija jang bikin kesel sama goewa, sampe goewa oering-oeringan!

     [Itu dia yang bikin kesel sama gua, sampé gua uring-uringan!]

     That's what made me annoyed, it even got me grumpy!

   • 1969, Benyamin Sueb, “Ngomel [Grumbling]”, in Oom Senang [Uncle is Happy]‎^[6], Jakarta: Mesra, track B1:

     Awas pegi sekali lagi, ha / Guè cubit pahè mudè lo / Biar kapok biar lo rasĕ / Daripadè lo bikin susè

     If you dare to go out once more / I'll pinch your thigh deeply / To teach you a lesson / So you're no longer making me worried

4. to construct (to build, erect, set up a structure)

   Synonyms: bangun, buat, diriin

   Tu orang bikin gedong kaga' kelar-kelar, dah.

   They haven't finished constructing the building since forever.

   • 2021, Bang Ilok, “Tukang pager [Fence builder]”, in Betawi Punya Cerita [Batavian Anecdotes], Bogor: Guepedia, →ISBN, page 11:

     ... di taon entuh orang bikin rumah masing banyak nyeng pada pake gedeg ...

     [... di taon entuh, orang bikin rumah masing banyak nyeng pada paké gedèg ...]

     ... in those years, people built houses often still with woven split-bamboo panels ...

5. to do (to carry out, execute, perform a task)

   Synonym: lakonin

   • 1882, J. J. de Hollander, Handleiding tot de kennis der Maleische taal [Manual to the knowledge of the Malay language]‎^[7] (in Dutch), Utrecht: J. G. Broese, page 91:

     Pada tîjap-tîjap djâm loe misti békîn ronda.

     [Pada tiap-tiap jem lu misti bikin ronda.]

     On every hour, you have to carry out a patrol.

• → Indonesian: bikin
• → Malay: bikin
• East Indonesian Vehicular Malay
  • → Ambonese Malay: biking
  • → Kupang Malay: bekin
  • → Manado Malay: beking
  • → North Moluccan Malay: beking
  • → Papuan Malay: bikin, biking

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “bikin”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 53

Borrowed from Betawi bikin, from békin, from early Batavian Malay baik +‎ -in.^[1] Doublet of perbaiki and baikin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbikɪn]
• Hyphenation: bi‧kin

bikin

1. (colloquial) synonym of buat

• “bikin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Betawi bikin, from békin, from early Batavian Malay baik +‎ -in^[1] – comparable to baiki ~ membaiki (“to fix, to repair, to make good”),^[2] and beki (“ibid.”) variant known in Kelantan, Coastal Terengganu^[3] and Selangor^[4] dialects with the suffix fossilized.^[3]

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /biken/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bikɪn/
• Rhymes: -kin, -in, -ken, -en

bikin (Jawi spelling بيکين)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) make, create, produce

   Synonyms: buat (“make”); menjadikan (“to cause something became something”); menghasilkan

   • 1959 March 20, “Mahsuri sudah siap”, in Berita Harian‎^[8], page 7:

     Filem Mahsuri yang dibikin dalam tatawarna telah pun di-terima balek dari England beberapa hari yang lalu.

     The Mahsuri film that had been produced in colour has been received back from England a few days ago.

Nowadays limited to the context and field of filmmaking. Other sense of production uses the term hasil (e.g. the form menghasilkan) instead.

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيکن bikin”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 143
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “biken or bikin”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 139

bi- (3rd person possessive) + kin (“house”)

bikin

1. his/her/their house

• ééʼneishoodii bikin (“church”)
• wááshindoon bikin

• bighan

bikin

1. inflection of kirin:
   1. first/second/third-person plural future
   2. second-person plural imperative