akun

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈkʊn]
• Hyphenation: a‧kun

Verb

akun

1. (intransitive) to admit, to confess, to concede (a mistake or mistakes).

Finnish

Noun

akun

1. genitive singular of akku

Anagrams

• kuna, naku

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch account (“account”), from English account, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).
• The management meaning is a semantic loan from English account (“account”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.kʊn]
• Hyphenation: a‧kun

Noun

akun

1. account,
   1. (computing) a subscription or an authorization to an electronic service.
   2. (accounting, management) a registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

      Synonyms: buku, perkiraan

Usage notes

For meaning of “a sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal”, see rekening.

Alternative forms

• akaun (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• perakunan
• seakun

 

• akun berjalan
• akun perhitungan

 

Related terms

• akuntabel
• akuntabilitas
• akuntan
• akuntansi

 

Further reading

• “akun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Mapudungun

Verb

akun (Raguileo spelling)

1. To arrive.
2. To be born.
3. first-person singular realis form of akun

Synonyms

• (to be born): jeqvn

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Sabah Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay akun (“to surrender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈkʊn]
• Hyphenation: a‧kun

Verb

akun

1. (common) to surrender, give up.
2. (intransitive) to admit, to confess, to concede (a mistake or mistakes).