amuk
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay amuk, from Classical Malay اموق (amuk), from Proto-Malayic *amuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hamuk (compare Tagalog hamok, compare Malay hamok, Maori amo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈamʊk̚/
- Hyphenation: amuk
Verb
amuk
- to run amok
Conjugation
Conjugation of amuk (meng-, transitive) | |||||
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Root | amuk | ||||
Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
Active | mengamuk | – | diamuk | amuk | amuklah |
Locative | – | – | diamuki | – | – |
Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Causative | |||||
Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. |
The form mengamuk is a reflexive, so it means either "to self-involve in a rage" or "to self-run amok".
Derived terms
- amukan
- beramuk
- beramuk-amuk
- beramuk-amukan
- mengamuk
- mengamukkan
- pengamuk
- pengamukan
Further reading
- “amuk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *amuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hamuk. Cognate with Tagalog hamok and Maori amo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amuk/
- Rhymes: -amuk, -muk, -uk
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ämʊʔ, -moʔ, -mo̞ʔ]
Verb
amuk (Jawi spelling اموق)
- to run amok
Derived terms
- beramuk
- beramuk-amuk
- diamukkan
- mengamuk
- mengamukkan
- pengamuk
- pengamukan
Descendants
- → Dutch: amok
- → Danish: amok (or through English amok)
- Indonesian: amuk
- → Portuguese: amouco
- → English: amok, amuck, amock
- → Cebuano: amok
- → Czech: amok
- → Danish: amok (or directly from Dutch amok)
- → Finnish: amok
- → German: Amok
- → Hebrew: אמוק (ámok)
- → Polish: amok
- → Norwegian: amok
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: амок
- Latin: amok
- → Swedish: amok
- → English: amok, amuck, amock
Further reading
- “amuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.