lakon

See also: Lakon

Finnish

Noun

lakon

1. genitive singular of lakko

Anagrams

• kolan, lanko, lonka

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkon/ [laˈkon]
• Hyphenation: la‧kon

Verb

lakón

1. to deceive; to cheat; to swindle

   Synonym: lakum

2. to embezzle; to misappropriate

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (lakon). Equivalent to laku +‎ -an, thus a doublet of lakuan. Compare Khmer ល្ខោន (lkhaon) and Lao ລະຄອນ (la khǭn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlakon/ [ˈla.kɔn]
• Rhymes: -akon
• Syllabification: la‧kon

Noun

lakon (plural lakon-lakon)

1. play, drama
2. scenario, story

   Synonym: kisah

3. act, episode

Derived terms

• berlakon
• dilakoni
• dilakonkan
• lelakon
• melakoni
• melakonkan
• pelakon

• lakon episodik
• lakon pembuka

Further reading

• “lakon”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

lakon

1. romanization of ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (lakon), also reconstructed as laku +‎ -an. Doublet of lakuan. Compare Khmer ល្ខោន (lkhaon) and Lao ລະຄອນ (la khǭn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lakon/
• Rhymes: -kon, -on
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈlä.kɔn, -kon]

Verb

lakon (Jawi spelling لاکون)

1. to act (in a play or film)

Alternative forms

• lakun (earlier attested form in Malaya)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pelakon (“actor”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• lakonan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• melakonkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• melakoni [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dilakonkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dilakoni [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• berlakon [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

• "lakon" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017