See also: tẹ kan and tɛ kan

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Etymology

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From Malay tekan (to press or pressure).

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tekan (invariable)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, slang) To bully or treat harshly.
    • 1992 February 22, soc.culture.asean[1] (Usenet):
      "Wah lau! You tekan him, ah? But he bigger than you, man!"
    • 2003 October 17, “Questions thick and fast in Parliament”, in TODAY, page 2:
      We have also been through training and we all kena tekan (were bullied), but even if we were ill-treated, we didn’t know that we were being ill-treated
    • 2009 July 8, “Victim offered sex: Attackers”, in TODAY, page 10:
      When Hamdan joined their cell, Iryan told him the 1.6m-tall victim was someone they could tekan (bully).
    • 2013 July 17, “Paige Chua wears the pants”, in TODAY, page 60:
      It will expose us to different ways of thought … like waking up at 4am and being tekan.

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Romanization

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tēkan

  1. Romanization of 𐍄𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌽

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay tekan, from Proto-Malayic *təkən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən (downward pressure; bamboo punting pole).

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tekan (active menekan, passive ditekan, involuntary/perfective passive tertekan)

  1. to press

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən (downward pressure; bamboo punting pole). Cognate with Tagalog tikin (a bamboo pole for propelling boats in shallow streams).

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tekan (Jawi spelling تکن)

  1. press
    Tekan butang tu, cepat!
    Quick, press the button!
  2. pressurise, pressure
    Cik Farid ditekankan untuk menandatangani kontrak tersebut.
    Mr. Farid was pressurised into signing the contract.

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: tekan
  • English: tekan

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