jakun

English

Etymology

Semantic extension of the Malay Jakun, an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the jungles of Pahang, Johor and Negeri Sembilan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒʌkun/

Adjective

jakun (comparative more jakun, superlative most jakun)

1. (informal, derogatory, Singapore) fascinated with objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.
   • 2009 February 9, The Jakun Tourist A Jakun Tourist’s Worst Nightmare…:

     A jakun tourist’s worst nightmare…is an idiot who simply cannot see that people want to take photographs & simply stands right in front of the object jakun tourists want to photograph, & lingers around it.

   • 2013 May 17, Joel Wong, ONE Asia MMA Summit 2013: The Recap:

     Yes, it was one of the many jakun moments I had while in Singapore.

   • 2015 December 26, The Halal Food Blog, Jinjja Chicken:

     And it’s popular foods in Korean culture that apparently so many of our readers are familiar with it all! But of course, we all jakun lah LOL.

   • 2016 March 18, fatinabilaah, [Twitter feed]:

     I was so jakun with the pen thingy and this happened hehe I feel like a kid.

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Finnish

Noun

jakun

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of jakku

Anagrams

• jukan, kujan

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Indonesian

Noun

jakun (first-person possessive jakunku, second-person possessive jakunmu, third-person possessive jakunnya)

1. Adam's apple (the lump in the throat)