layan

See also: Layan

English

Etymology

From Malay layan (service).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʌjʌn/

Verb

layan (third-person singular simple present layans, present participle layaning, simple past and past participle layaned)

  1. (transitive, Malaysia, colloquial) To respond to (a person) through conversation or actions.
    • 2002 August 1, Ahmad Sayuthi, “PAS polygamist: Why I took another wife in Cambodia”, in soc.culture.malaysia[1] (Usenet):
      BTW investors are profit-driven and motivated lar. I can elaborate on this but I'm too lazy to spend too much time to 'layan' ignorant morons like you.
    • 2002 November 12, AM Abdul Rahman, “FALSE religious teachings”, in soc.culture.malaysia[2] (Usenet):
      ..haiya, don't layan this Bad Boy la. He is here to make 'kacau' only. Leave him alone..then the world will be a better place.
    • 2003 August 13, ignoramus, “Let's pay a fair price for the water.”, in soc.culture.malaysia[3] (Usenet):
      LOL. You must be desperate and lonely....okay....I layan you enough already today. Bye.

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Malay layan, from Old Javanese layan (opponent), lawan (opponent). Doublet of lawan.

Pronunciation

Root

layan

  1. alternative form of layanan (service)

Derived terms

Affixations

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese layan (opponent) related to lawan (thus doublet of lawan).

Pronunciation

Verb

layan (Jawi spelling لاين)

  1. to serve or wait on something or someone (of food, tasks etc)
    Synonym: tunggu
  2. to attend to something
    Synonym: datangi
  3. to engage with someone or something
    1. (Malaysia) to listen to a song, radio show etc
      Synonym: dengar
    2. (Malaysia) to watch movies, television, videos etc
      Synonyms: tonton, tengok
    3. (Malaysia) to answer phone calls
      Synonyms: sahut, jawab
  4. (of thoughts, feelings) to entertain
  5. (rare, figurative) (of requests or wishes) to fulfil
    Synonyms: penuhi, tunai, terima

Derived terms

Affixation

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: layan (inherited)

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “لاين lajan”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 114
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “لاين layan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 595
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “layan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 30

Further reading

Taroko

Noun

layan

  1. green bean

References

  • Tseng, Teminawi (1997), 泰雅賽德克族人食物及其典故(一) [A study of Seediq Atayal's foods and their stories, Volume 1] (in Taroko, Chinese, and English), Taipei, →ISBN, page 66