pemakan

Indonesian

Etymology

From peng- +‎ makan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈmakan/ [pəˈma.kan]
• Rhymes: -akan
• Syllabification: pe‧ma‧kan

Noun

pêmakan (plural pemakan-pemakan or para pemakan)

1. eater (one who eats)
2. (used in some compounds) something used for eating

Derived terms

• (uncommon) sepemakan (“in the same duration as a person eating”)

Compounds

• pemakan daging (“meat eater, carnivore”)

Further reading

• “pemakan” 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.