-kan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kan"

Bambara

Suffix

-kan

1. language

Derived terms

Bambara terms suffixed with -kan

Garo

Affix

-kan

1. 3rd person imperative, let it

   tusikan

   let him sleep

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *-kən, shortened form of Proto-Malayic *akən. Doublet of akan (“will (future tense auxiliary)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Suffix

-kan (verb base, imperative -kan, active meng- -kan, passive di- -kan)

1. used to indicate transitive imperative beneficial verbs

   Belikan saya sebatang pensil! ― Buy me a pencil! (literally, “order someone to buy a pencil for me.”)

2. used to indicate transitive imperative causative verb, from an intransitive verb base: to order and cause the object to perform [base].

   Bangunkan Siti! ― Wake up, Siti! (literally, “order someone to wake up Siti.”)

3. used to indicate transitive imperative instrumental verb, from an intransitive verb base

   Tikamkan belati ini ke perut harimau itu! ― Thrust this knife into that tiger’s belly!

-kan (noun base, imperative -kan, active meng- -kan, passive di- -kan)

1. used to indicate transitive imperative locative verb, from a noun base.

   Pasarkan buku itu! ― Take that book to the market!

   Gudangkan kursi ini! ― Take this chair into the warehouse!

2. used to indicate transitive imperative causative verb, from a noun base.

   Korbankan dia! ― Make the person to be a korban (“sacrifice”)

Alternative forms

• -ken (Java Bazzar Malay)

Synonyms

• (before a person) -i

Derived terms

• ber- -kan
• di- -kan
• meng- -kan

 

Indonesian terms suffixed with -kan

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

-kan

1. Rōmaji transcription of かん

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *-kən, shortened form of Proto-Malayic *akən. Related to akan (“will (future tense auxiliary)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Suffix

-kan

1. Used to indicate transitive imperative verbs

   Belikan saya sebatang pen. ― Buy me a pen.

   Haramkan aktiviti ini. ― Ban this activity.

   • 1303 CE, Terengganu Inscription Stone:

     ‏داٮع ٮرىكں، كامڡ[تْ]اورع ٮرٯهوٮع‎

     Datang berikan. Keempat orang berpiutan

     Come hither. The fourth for debtors.

2. (before an object) Used to form transitive verbs
   • 1371 CE [c. 1296–1316 CE], Kadi Hasan, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), translation of Tutinama by Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (in Persian); transcribed from Jawi script into the Latin alphabet Ekawati Ekawati, Doni Setiyawan, editors, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, 2016, →ISBN:

     Sebagai pemimpin, Raja Bayan menyampaikan idenya kepada bayan-bayan yang lain.

     Like a leader, King Parrot told his plan to the other parrots.

Synonyms

• (before a person) -i

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -kan

Ojibwe

Noun

-kan (obligatorily possessed)

1. bone

Derived terms

• gikan
• nikan
• okan

See also

• -gan (final for bone)
• -gan-

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/nikan-nid

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
default	-gan	-gen
assimilated	-kan	-ken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/

Suffix

-kan

1. Assimilated form of -gan after the vowels A / I / O / U.

   ‎gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)

   ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)

   ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)