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
to rage

Conjugation

Conjugation of amuk (meng-, transitive)
Root	amuk
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengamuk		diamuk	amuk	amuklah
Locative			diamuki
Causative / Applicative¹
	Causative
Active
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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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
to rage

Derived terms

amukan
beramuk
beramuk-amuk
diamukkan
mengamuk
mengamukkan

Descendants

→ Dutch: amok
- → Danish: amok (or through English amok)
Indonesian: amuk
→ Japanese: アモック (amokku)
→ Korean: 아묵 (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 script: амок
    - Latin script: amok
  - → Swedish: amok

Further reading

“amuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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