absen
See also: abșén
Ambonese Malay
Adjective
absen
- absent
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈap̚sɛn]
- Rhymes: -sɛn, -ɛn, -n
- Hyphenation: ab‧sèn
Adjective
absèn
- absent
Synonyms
- mangkir
- bolos
- tidak hadir
Verb
absèn
- to be absent (in school, work and others)
- (colloquial) to do absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).
Conjugation
| Conjugation of absen (meng-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | absen | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | mengabsen | – | diabsen | absen | absenlah |
| Locative | mengabseni | – | diabseni | abseni | absenilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mengabsenkan | – | diabsenkan | absenkan | absenkanlah |
| 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. | |||||
Noun
absèn (plural absen-absen, first-person possessive absenku, second-person possessive absenmu, third-person possessive absennya)
- (colloquial) clipping of absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).
- Titip absen adalah menyuruh seseorang untuk menandatangani absensi biasanya dengan tujuan agar dapat dihitung hadir walaupun sebenarnya tidak hadir.[1] ― Attendance entrustment is to ask someone to sign the attendance usually with the aim that it can be counted as being present even though they are not present.
Derived terms
- keabsenan
- mengabsen
- pengabsenan
- terabsen
Related terms
- absensi
- absente
See also
- kehadiran
- presensi
References
- Yuni Rafita (January 2012), “Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kecurangan Akademik (Titip Absen) pada Mahasiswa S1 Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Islam Indonesia”, in Khazanah: Jurnal Mahasiswa, volume 5, issue 2, page 26–37
Further reading
- “absen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
- ابسين
Etymology
From English absent.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /absen/
Verb
absen (Jawi spelling ابسين)
- (colloquial) To be absent (in school, work and others)
Synonyms
- tidak hadir
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh absenn, absent, a learned borrowing from Latin absentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈabsɛn/
Noun
absen m or f (plural absennau)
- absence
- Synonym: absenoldeb
- slander
- Synonym: athrod
Derived terms
- absennol (“absent”)
- absennu (“to slander; to be absent”)
- absenoldeb (“absence”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| absen | unchanged | unchanged | habsen |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “absen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies