makan

Malay

/makan/

verb
Definitions
  • to eat
  • consume, spend
  • to injure or penetrate
  • (impersonal) to work as expected
  • fit in
  • to follow (an advice)
  • to receive bribes or illegally obtained money

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *makan inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*kaən

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