absen

See also: abșén

Ambonese Malay

Adjective

absen

1. absent

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈap̚sɛn]

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• Rhymes: -sɛn, -ɛn, -n
• Hyphenation: ab‧sèn

Adjective

absèn

1. absent

   Synonyms: mangkir, bolos, tidak hadir

Verb

absèn

1. to be absent (in school, work and others)
2. (colloquial) to do absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of absen (meng-, transitive)
Root	absen
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengabsen		diabsen	absen	absenlah
Locative	mengabseni		diabseni	abseni	absenilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengabsenkan		diabsenkan	absenkan	absenkanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Noun

absèn (plural absen-absen, first-person possessive absenku, second-person possessive absenmu, third-person possessive absennya)

1. (colloquial) clipping of absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).

   Titip absen adalah menyuruh seseorang untuk menandatangani absensi biasanya dengan tujuan agar dapat dihitung hadir walaupun sebenarnya tidak hadir. ― Attendance entrustment is to ask someone to sign the attendance usually with the aim that it can be counted as being present even though they are not present.

Derived terms

• keabsenan
• mengabsen
• pengabsenan
• terabsen

 

Related terms

• absensi
• absente

 

See also

• kehadiran
• presensi

 

Further reading

• “absen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• ابسين

Etymology

Borrowed from English absent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /absen/

Verb

absen (Jawi spelling ابسين)

1. (colloquial) To be absent (in school, work and others)

   Synonym: tidak hadir

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh absenn, absent, a learned borrowing from Latin absentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabsɛn/

Noun

absen m or f (plural absennau)

1. absence

   Synonym: absenoldeb

2. slander

   Synonym: athrod

Derived terms

• absennol (“absent”)
• absennu (“to slander; to be absent”)
• absenoldeb (“absence”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
absen	unchanged	unchanged	habsen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “absen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies