enggan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay enggan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əŋˈɡan/ [əŋˈɡan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: eng‧gan

Adverb

enggan

1. reluctantly

   Synonyms: kelesah, malas, ogah, segan, sungkan

Derived terms

• berenggan-enggan
• enggan-enggan
• keengganan
• mengenggankan
• seenggan

Further reading

• “enggan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əŋˈɡan/ [əŋˈɡan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: eng‧gan

Adverb

enggan (Jawi spelling اڠݢن)

1. unwilling, reluctant

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• keengganan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• mengenggankan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dienggankan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• berenggan-enggan [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• enggan-enggan [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: enggan (inherited)

Further reading

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