abahkan

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of abah (“direction”) +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.bah.kan]

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• Hyphenation: a‧bah‧kan

Verb

abahkan (Jawi spelling ابهکن, formal active mengabahkan, 3rd person passive diabahkan)

1. (transitive) To point something towards.

References

• “abahkan” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 2.
• “mengabahkan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017