kenan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed kena (“to hit”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay kenan. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can, allowed; succeed”, literally “hit, struck”) for sense related to agreement, approval; pleasure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ˈnan/
• Rhymes: -nan
• Hyphenation: kê‧nan

Verb

kênan

1. to agree, to approve

Derived terms

• berkenan
• diperkenankan
• memperkenankan
• perkenan
• perkenanan

 

Noun

kênan (plural kenan-kenan, first-person possessive kenanku, second-person possessive kenanmu, third-person possessive kenannya)

1. birthmark

Further reading

• “kenan” 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

Verb

kenan

1. agree
2. to like
3. to be happy

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perkenan [causative passive] (peR-)
• mengenani [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dikenani [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terkenan [agentless action] (teR-)
• berkenan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memperkenan [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• diperkenan [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)

Noun

kenan (Jawi spelling کنن, plural kenan-kenan, informal 1st possessive kenanku, 2nd possessive kenanmu, 3rd possessive kenannya)

1. (medicine) birth defect
2. birthmark

Further reading

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