kanker
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanker (plural kankers)
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.
Noun edit
kanker m (plural kankers, diminutive kankertje n)
- (medicine, oncology) cancer
- (figurative) cancer, something harmful that festers and spreads elsewhere
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: kanker
- → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
- → Malay: kanker
- → Indonesian: kanker
- → Minangkabau: kangker
- → Papiamentu: kanker
Interjection edit
kanker
- (potentially offensive, vulgar, chiefly Netherlands) An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
kanker
- inflection of kankeren:
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer. Cognate of Afrikaans kanker. Doublet of Kanser.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kankêr (plural kanker-kanker, first-person possessive kankerku, second-person possessive kankermu, third-person possessive kankernya)
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “kanker” 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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From English canker (“canker”), from Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer, from Latin cancer (“a cancer”).
Noun edit
kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)
Etymology 2 edit
From Indonesian kanker, from Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer.
Noun edit
kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)
Alternative forms edit
- kanser (Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading edit
- “kanker” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.