kagum

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kagum, from Javanese ꦏꦒꦸꦩ꧀ (kagum, “astonished”), from Old Javanese kagöm (“taken by sudden fright or astonishment”), from ka- + göm, the latter perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gem (“to hold in the fist”) or from a post-Proto-Malayo-Polynesian innovation; cf. Sundanese geueuman (“frightening, haunted”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɡum/ [ˈka.ɡʊm]
• Rhymes: -aɡum
• Syllabification: ka‧gum

Adjective

kagum (comparative lebih kagum, superlative paling kagum)

1. astonished

Further reading

• “kagum”, 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

Ivatan

Etymology

ka- +‎ agum

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧gum

Noun

kagum

1. ambition

Related terms

• magum

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦒꦸꦩ꧀ (kagum), from Old Javanese kagöm (“taken by sudden fright or astonishment”), from ka- + göm, the latter perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gem (“to hold in the fist”) or from a post-Proto-Malayo-Polynesian innovation; cf. Sundanese geueuman (“frightening, haunted”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɡom/ [ˈka.ɡom]
  • Rhymes: -aɡom, -om

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɡum/ [ˈka.ɡum]
  • Rhymes: -aɡum, -um
• Hyphenation: ka‧gum

Adjective

kagum (Jawi spelling کاݢوم, comparative lebih kagum, superlative paling kagum)

1. astonished

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kagum (inherited)

Further reading

• “kagum”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017