makan

Pronunciation: /ˈmakan/

“makan” is an Indonesian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to eat (to consume, ingest)
to eat, consume, use up
to attack, to kill
to work (to function correctly)
to corrupt, embezzle
to damage, hurt
to reach
to consume, to take
to sleep with (to have sex with)

noun

eating (the act of ingesting food)
a place of refuge for the heart and physical health, the disappearance of doubts caused by busy physical work

Etymology

Inherited from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Doublet of pakan and pangan.

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