lakon
Finnish
Noun
lakon
- genitive singular of lakko
Anagrams
- kolan, lanko, lonka
Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as laku + -an, from Javanese ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (lakon). Doublet of lakuan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlakɔn/
- Hyphenation: la‧kon
- Rhymes: -kɔn, -ɔn, -n
Noun
lakon (plural lakon-lakon, first-person possessive lakonku, second-person possessive lakonmu, third-person possessive lakonnya)
- play, drama (tic piece).
- scenario, story
- act, episode
Derived terms
- berlakon
- dilakoni
- dilakonkan
- lelakon
- melakoni
- melakonkan
- pelakon
- lakon episodik
- lakon pembuka
Further reading
- “lakon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
lakon
- Romanization of ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (lakon), also reconstructed as laku + -an. Doublet of lakuan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lakon/
- Rhymes: -kon, -on
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈlä.kɔn, -kon]
Verb
lakon (Jawi spelling لاکون)
- to act (in a play or film)
Alternative forms
- lakun (earlier attested form in Malaya)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pelakon (“actor”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- lakonan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- melakonkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- melakoni [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- dilakonkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- dilakoni [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
- berlakon [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Further reading
- “lakon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.