Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ikan/
  • Hyphenation: i‧kan

Noun

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ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)
  2. fish (flesh of fish as food)

Synonyms

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Chuukese

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Noun

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ikan

  1. here (the place close to where the speaker is at)

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

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ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkan/ [ʔiˈkan]
  • Hyphenation: i‧kan

Noun

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ikán (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)
    Synonyms: sida, lames

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan, underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).

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Noun

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ikan (first-person possessive ikanku, second-person possessive ikanmu, third-person possessive ikannya)

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ikan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いかん

Limos Kalinga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

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ikán

  1. fish

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan; underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).

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ikan (Jawi spelling ايکن, plural ikan-ikan, informal 1st possessive ikanku, 2nd possessive ikanmu, 3rd possessive ikannya)

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)
    Ikan itu berwarna biru.
    That fish is blue .

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: ikan

Further reading

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Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

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ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Yoruba

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Etymology

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Compare with Edo ọkhan

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ikán

  1. termite