kenan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed kena (“to hit”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay kenan. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can, allowed; succeed”, literally “hit, struck”) for sense related to agreement, approval; pleasure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə.ˈnan/
  • Rhymes: -nan
  • Hyphenation: kê‧nan

Verb

kênan

  1. to agree, to approve

Derived terms

Noun

kênan (plural kenan-kenan)

  1. birthmark

Further reading

Malay

Verb

kenan

  1. agree
  2. to like
  3. to be happy

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perkenan [causative passive] (peR-)
  • mengenani [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • dikenani [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • terkenan [agentless action] (teR-)
  • berkenan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • memperkenan [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
  • diperkenan [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)

Noun

kenan (Jawi spelling کنن, plural kenan-kenan)

  1. (medicine) birth defect
  2. birthmark

Further reading

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