hanyut

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay hanyut, from Proto-Malayic *hañut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qañud, from Proto-Austronesian *qañud.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɲut/ [ˈha.ɲʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aɲut
• Syllabification: ha‧nyut

Adjective

hanyut

1. to drift, be carried away (by the current), washed away.
2. to go or travel far away, to wander far away.
3. to skip or slide away.
4. to be carried away (by something), to be crazy about.

Derived terms

• berhanyut
• berhanyut-hanyut
• dihanyutkan
• hanyutan
• menghanyutkan
• penghanyutan
• terhanyut

Further reading

• “hanyut” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *hañut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qañud, from Proto-Austronesian *qañud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɲut/ [ˈha.ɲut̪]
• Rhymes: -aɲut, -ɲut, -ut
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɲot/ [ˈha.ɲot̪] (Johor-Riau)
• Hyphenation: ha‧nyut

Adjective

hanyut (Jawi spelling هاڽوت)

1. drift, adrift (floating at random)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• hanyutan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• penghanyutan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• hanyutkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• menghanyutkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dihanyutkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terhanyut [agentless action] (teR-)
• berhanyut [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berhanyut-hanyut [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• berhanyutan [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)
• kehanyutan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: hanyut

Further reading

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