jangkit

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *za(ŋ)kit (“contagious, spreading by contact”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaŋket/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaŋkɪt/
• Rhymes: -aŋket, -ket, -et
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

jangkit (Jawi spelling جاڠکيت)

1. to infect

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penjangkit [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penjangkitan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• jangkitan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• kejangkitan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• perjangkitan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• menjangkit [agent focus] (meN-)
• menjangkitkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menjangkiti [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dijangkiti [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terjangkit [agentless action] (teR-)
• terjangkiti [agentless action + causative (locative) benefactive] (teR- + -i)
• berjangkit [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• keberjangkitan [stative / habitual + abstract / locative] (beR- + ke-an)
• berjangkitan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: jangkit

Further reading

• “jangkit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.