kantuk

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qantuk or *kantuk (compare Malagasy antoka (“nod of aggreement”) and Ngaju kantok (“sleep”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈkantok/ [ˈkan̪.t̪oʔ]
    • Rhymes: -tok, -ok
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈkantuk/ [ˈkan̪.t̪uʔ]
    • Rhymes: -tuk, -uk
  • Hyphenation: kan‧tuk

Noun

kantuk (Jawi spelling کنتوق, uncountable)

  1. sleepiness

Derived terms

Affixations

References

  1. ^ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *qantuk
  2. ^ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *kantuk

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