jenaka

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Sanskrit. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nä.kä/, /d͡ʒə.nä.kə/

Noun edit

jenaka (Jawi spelling جناک, plural jenaka-jenaka, informal 1st possessive jenakaku, 2nd possessive jenakamu, 3rd possessive jenakanya)

joke
Synonym: lawak

Derived terms edit

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

kejenakaan (“humor”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

References edit

Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جناك djĕnaka”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 103
Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جناک jĕnaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 232
Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “jĕnaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 608