carikan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃaˈri.kan/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧kan

Etymology 1

Affixation of carik +‎ -an.

Noun

carikan (first-person possessive carikanku, second-person possessive carikanmu, third-person possessive carikannya)

1. scrap

Etymology 2

Affixation of cari +‎ -kan.

Verb

carikan (active mencarikan, passive dicarikan)

1. (transitive) to find/seek/look for (indirect object...) something

   Aku akan mencarikanmu buku yang bagus.

   I will find you a good book.

   Kau tadi dicarikan buku yang bagus olehku.

   You were looking for a good book by me.

Alternative forms

• cariin (informal)

Derived terms

• mencarikan perut (yang tidak berisi)

 

Further reading

• “carikan” 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.
• “mencarikan” 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.