makan.
to eat (to consume, ingest)
Meaning & usage
to eat (to consume, ingest)
Pagi ini saya makan ikan.
to eat, consume, use up
Pembangunan sekolah ini memakan biaya tinggi.
to attack, to kill
to work (to function correctly)
Remnya sempat gak makan di tengah jalan.
to corrupt, embezzle
Dia memakan sebagian besar uang milik koperasi itu.
to damage, hurt
to reach
to consume, to take
to sleep with (to have sex with)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Doublet of pakan and pangan.
eating (the act of ingesting food)
apocopic form of makanan (“sustenance (something that provides support or nourishment)”, literally “food, meal”).
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Doublet of pakan and pangan.
a place of refuge for the heart and physical health, the disappearance of doubts caused by busy physical work
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مَكَان (makān, literally “place, location, position; status, dignity”).
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