kagum

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kagum, from Javanese ꦏꦒꦸꦩ꧀ (kagum, “astonished”),[1] from Old Javanese kagöm (“taken by sudden fright or astonishment”), from ka- + göm, the latter perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gem (“to hold in the fist”) or from a post-Proto-Malayo-Polynesian innovation; cf. Sundanese geueuman (“frightening, haunted”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkaɡum/ [ˈka.ɡʊm]
  • Rhymes: -aɡum
  • Syllabification: ka‧gum

Adjective

kagum (comparative lebih kagum, superlative paling kagum)

  1. astonished

References

  1. ^ K.A. Adelaar (1983), Malay Consonant-Harmony: an Internal Reconstruction, page 59
  2. ^ Nothofer, B. (2013) Pengantar Etimologi [Introduction to Etymology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, pages 150–151

Further reading

Ivatan

Etymology

ka- +‎ agum

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧gum

Noun

kagum

  1. ambition

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦒꦸꦩ꧀ (kagum), from Old Javanese kagöm (“taken by sudden fright or astonishment”), from ka- + göm, the latter perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gem (“to hold in the fist”) or from a post-Proto-Malayo-Polynesian innovation; cf. Sundanese geueuman (“frightening, haunted”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈkaɡom/ [ˈka.ɡom]
    • Rhymes: -aɡom, -om
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈkaɡum/ [ˈka.ɡum]
    • Rhymes: -aɡum, -um
  • Hyphenation: ka‧gum

Adjective

kagum (Jawi spelling کاݢوم)

  1. astonished[2]

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: kagum (inherited)

References

  1. ^ Nothofer, B. (2013) Pengantar Etimologi [Introduction to Etymology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, pages 150–151
  2. ^ "kagum" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

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