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

Cornish

Kanker

Etymology

From Middle English canker, from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋkəɹ/

Noun

kanker m (plural kankres)

1. crab
2. cancer

Derived terms

• kanker awel (“nipper crab”)
• kanker blewek (“hairy crab”)
• kanker gwighen (“hermit crab”)
• kanker kofen (“edible crab”)
• kanker malan (“Montagu's crab”)
• kanker medhal (“hermit crab”)
• kanker melyn (“warty crab, yellow crab”)
• kanker meyn (“broad-clawed porcelain crab”)
• kanker neyj (“nipper crab”)
• kanker neyj (“velvet swimming crab”)
• kanker pebren (“green shore crab, harbour crab”)
• kanker treth (“helmet crab, masked crab, sand crab”)
• kowel kankres (“crab pot”)

Mutation

Mutation of kanker

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kanker	ganker	hanker	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: kan‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer. Doublet of sjanker.

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
• kankerpatiënt
• kankerstaaf
• kinderkanker
• leverkanker
• longkanker
• maagkanker
• naar de kanker
• nierkanker
• peniskanker
• prostaatkanker
• teelbalkanker
• verkankeren
• vulvakanker

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kanker
• → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
• → Indonesian: kanker
• → Minangkabau: kangker
• → Papiamentu: kanker
• → Sranan Tongo: 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. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. 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)

1. (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation)
2. (figurative) something damaging that spreads throughout something else

Alternative forms

• kangker
• کنسر (kanser) (Malaysia, Singapore)

Synonyms

• باره (barah) (Standard Malay)
• keganasan

Derived terms

• kanker anus
• kanker batang
• kanker darah
• kanker dubur
• kanker esofagus
• kanker ganas
• kanker ginjal
• kanker herediter
• kanker hipofaring
• kanker in situ
• kanker invasif
• kanker kerongkongan
• kanker kolon
• kanker kolorektal
• kanker kulit
• kanker lambung
• kanker lidah
• kanker mata
• kanker mulut
• kanker nasofaring
• kanker otak
• kanker ovarium
• kanker pankreas
• kanker paru
• kanker payudara
• kanker penis
• kanker prostat
• kanker rahim
• kanker serviks
• kanker sinus
• kanker stadium
• kanker tenggorokan
• kanker timus
• kanker tiroid
• kanker tulang
• kanker usus
• kanker usus besar

Descendants

• → Malay: kanker
• → Tetum: kanker

Further reading

• “kanker”, 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

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 or kanker²)

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 or kanker²)

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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkankəɾ/, [ˈka̠ŋkəɾ], [ˈkɑ̟ŋkəɾ]

Noun

kanker

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

   Synonyms: takrusiki (euphemistic), takruboi (euphemistic)