amuk

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay اموق (amuk), from Javanese ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀ (amuk), from Old Javanese amuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamʊk̚/
• Hyphenation: amuk

Verb

amuk

1. to run amok
2. to rage

Conjugation

Conjugation of amuk (meng-, transitive)

root	amuk
	active	passive		imperative colloquial	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
active	mengamuk		diamuk	amuk	amuklah
locative			diamuki
perfective causative / applicative2
	causative
active
locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

The form mengamuk is a reflexive, so it means either "to self-involve in a rage" or "to self-run amok".

Derived terms

• amukan
• beramuk
• beramuk-amuk
• beramuk-amukan
• mengamuk
• mengamukkan
• pengamuk
• pengamukan

• amuk massa

Further reading

• “amuk” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

amuk

1. Romanization of ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀ (amuk), from Old Javanese amuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amuk/
• Rhymes: -amuk, -muk, -uk
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ämʊʔ, -moʔ, -mo̞ʔ]

Verb

amuk (Jawi spelling اموق)

1. to run amok
2. to rage

Derived terms

• amukan
• beramuk
• beramuk-amuk
• diamukkan
• mengamuk
• mengamukkan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: amuk (inherited)
• → Dutch: amok
  • → Danish: amok (or through English amok)
• → Japanese: アモック (amokku)
• → Korean: 아묵 (amuk)
• → Portuguese: amouco
  • → English: amok, amuck, amock
    • → Cebuano: amok
    • → Czech: amok
    • → Danish: amok (or directly from Dutch amok)
    • → Finnish: amok
    • → German: Amok
    • → Hebrew: אמוק (ámok)
    • → Polish: amok
    • → Norwegian: amok
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      • Cyrillic script: амок
      • Latin script: amok
    • → Swedish: amok

Further reading

• “amuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.