ikanan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /iˈkanan/ [iˈka.nan]
  • Rhymes: -anan
  • Syllabification: i‧ka‧nan

Etymology 1

Affixed ikan (“fish”) +‎ -an.

Noun

ikanan (plural ikanan-ikanan)

  1. something that resembles a fish

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ikanan (plural ikanan-ikanan)

  1. (mining) items that fall or are left in a well during drilling or workover that must be retrieved or removed before work can be continued

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.