akaun

Malay

Alternative forms

• akun (Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English account, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”). Compare with Tok Pisin akaun.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /eˈkaun/ [eˈka.un] (English-based)

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• (Baku) IPA^(key): /aˈkaun/ [aˈka.un]

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• Rhymes: -aun, -un
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧un

Noun

akaun (Jawi spelling اکاءون, plural akaun-akaun or akaun²)

1. An account:
   1. (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
   2. (banking) A bank account.

      akaun Maybank ― Maybank account

   3. (computing, Internet) A user account.

      akaun YouTube ― YouTube account

2. (banking) Savings stored in a bank and the records related with it.
3. (informal) The field or subject of accounting.

Derived terms

Affixations

• perakaunan

Compounds

• akaun bank (“bank account”)
• akaun beku (“frozen account”)
• akaun bersama
• akaun lapuk
• akaun luput
• akaun pendapatan dan perbelanjaan
• akaun penerima sahaja
• akaun semasa (“transaction account”)
• akaun simpanan (“savings account”)
• akaun T
• akaun untung rugi

Further reading

• "akaun" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from English account. Compare with Malay akaun.

Noun

akaun

1. bank account