-kan
Bambara
Suffix
-kan
- language
Derived terms
Bambara terms suffixed with -kan
Garo
Affix
-kan
- 3rd person imperative, let it
- tusikan
- let him sleep
Indonesian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *-kən, shortened form of Proto-Malayic *akən. Related to akan (“will (future tense auxiliary)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
- Rhymes: -kan, -an
Suffix
-kan (verb base, imperative -kan, active meng- -kan, passive di- -kan)
- used to indicate transitive imperative beneficial verbs
- Belikan saya sebatang pensil! ― Buy me a pencil! (literally, “order someone to buy a pencil for me.”)
- used to indicate transitive imperative causative verb, from an intransitive verb base: to order and cause the object to perform [base].
- Bangunkan Siti! ― Wake up, Siti! (literally, “order someone to wake up Siti.”)
- used to indicate transitive imperative instrumental verb, from an intransitive verb base
- Tikamkan belati ini ke perut harimau itu! ― Thrust this knife into that tiger’s belly!
-kan (noun base, imperative -kan, active meng- -kan, passive di- -kan)
- used to indicate transitive imperative locative verb, from a noun base.
- Pasarkan buku itu! ― Take that book to the market!
- Gudangkan kursi ini! ― Take this chair into the warehouse!
- used to indicate transitive imperative causative verb, from a noun base.
- Korbankan dia! ― Make the person to be a korban (“sacrifice”)
Alternative forms
- -ken (Java Bazzar Malay)
Synonyms
- (before a person) -i
Derived terms
- ber- -kan
- di- -kan
- meng- -kan
Indonesian terms suffixed with -kan
Further reading
- “-kan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
-kan
- Rōmaji transcription of かん
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
- Rhymes: -kan, -an
Suffix
-kan
- Used to indicate transitive imperative verbs
- Belikan saya sebatang pen. ― Buy me a pen.
- Haramkan aktiviti ini. ― Ban this activity.
- 1303 CE, Terengganu Inscription Stone:
- داٮع ٮرىكں، كامڡ[تْ]اورع ٮرٯهوٮع
- Datang berikan. Keempat orang berpiutan
- Come hither. The fourth for debtors.
- (before an object) Used to form transitive verbs
- 2016, Ekawati, Ekawati; Setiyawan, Doni, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, translation of Persian Tutinama by Kadi Hasan in 1371 AD in Jawi script transcribed into Latin alphabet, →ISBN:
- Sebagai pemimpin, Raja Bayan menyampaikan idenya kepada bayan-bayan yang lain.
- Like a leader, King Parrot told his plan to the other parrots.
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Synonyms
- (before a person) -i
Derived terms
Malay terms suffixed with -kan
Ojibwe
Noun
-kan (obligatorily possessed)
- bone
Derived terms
- gikan
- nikan
- okan
See also
- -gan (final for bone)
- -gan-
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/nikan-nid