maklum

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay maklum, from Arabic مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmaʔlum/ [ˈmaʔ.lʊm]
  • Rhymes: -aʔlum
  • Syllabification: mak‧lum

Verb

maklum

  1. (now uncommon) to know, to be aware of, to be acquainted with
    Synonym: paham

Adjective

maklum (comparative lebih maklum, superlative paling maklum)

  1. (uncommon) well-informed

Conjunction

maklum

  1. (colloquial, used only at the beginning of a sentence) because
    Synonyms: gara-gara, karena

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm). Doublet of alam, alim, ilmu, malim, maklumat, mualim, and pengalaman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʔlum/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈmäʔlʊm], [ˈmäʔlom]

Verb

maklum (Jawi spelling معلوم)

  1. (transitive) to inform; to tell
  2. (intransitive) to know

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pemaklum [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pemakluman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • makluman [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • memaklumkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • memaklumi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • dimaklumkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • dimaklumi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • termaklum [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bermaklum [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mempermaklumkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • dipermaklumkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Adjective

maklum (Jawi spelling معلوم)

  1. well-informed

Further reading

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