kanker

See also: kanker-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ.kər/

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Noun

kanker (plural kankers)

1. cancer

Derived terms

• kankerbos
• maagkanker

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: kan‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

Noun

kanker m (plural kankers, diminutive kankertje n)

1. (medicine, oncology) cancer
2. (figurative) cancer, something harmful that festers and spreads elsewhere

Derived terms

• alvleesklierkanker
• baarmoederhalskanker
• baarmoederkanker
• bloedkanker
• borstkanker
• botkanker
• darmkanker
• huidkanker
• kanker-
• kankeren
• kankergezwel
• kankerlijder, kankerlijer
• kankerstaaf
• kinderkanker
• leverkanker
• longkanker
• maagkanker
• naar de kanker
• nierkanker
• peniskanker
• prostaatkanker
• teelbalkanker
• verkankeren
• vulvakanker

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kanker
• → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
• → Malay: kanker
  • → Indonesian: kanker
• → Minangkabau: kangker
• → Papiamentu: kanker

Interjection

kanker

1. (potentially offensive, vulgar, chiefly Netherlands) An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kanker

1. inflection of kankeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer. Cognate of Afrikaans kanker. Doublet of Kanser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) [ˈkan.kər], (assimilated, Dutch-influenced) [ˈkaŋ.kər]
• Hyphenation: kan‧kêr

Noun

kankêr (plural kanker-kanker, first-person possessive kankerku, second-person possessive kankermu, third-person possessive kankernya)

1. (oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation).

Alternative forms

• کنسر (kanser) (Malaysia, Singapore)

Synonyms

• باره (barah) (Standard Malay)
• keganasan

Further reading

• “kanker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology 1

From English canker (“canker”), from Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer, from Latin cancer (“a cancer”).

Noun

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)

1. canker, plant disease marked by gradual decay

Etymology 2

From Indonesian kanker, from Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer.

Noun

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)

1. (oncology) (Riau, Sumatra) cancer, disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation.

   Synonyms: barah, kanser

Alternative forms

• kanser (Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

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