ikan
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ikan/
- Hyphenation: i‧kan
Synonyms
Chuukese
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Ilocano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈkan/, [ʔiˈkan]
- Hyphenation: i‧kan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan, underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ikan/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: i‧kan
- Rhymes: -kan, -an
Noun
ikan (first-person possessive ikanku, second-person possessive ikanmu, third-person possessive ikannya)
- fish (vertebrate animal)
Further reading
- “ikan” 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.
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Synonyms
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan; underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ikan/
- Rhymes: -ikan, -kan, -an
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
ikan (Jawi spelling ايکن, plural ikan-ikan, informal 1st possessive ikanku, 2nd possessive ikanmu, 3rd possessive ikannya)
- fish (vertebrate animal)
- Ikan itu berwarna biru.
- That fish is blue .
Synonyms
- lauk (Brunei Malay)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Indonesian: ikan
Further reading
- “ikan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.