jangkit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jangkit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *za(ŋ)kit (“contagious, spreading by contact”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaŋkit/ [ˈd͡ʒaŋ.kɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aŋkit
• Syllabification: jang‧kit

Verb

jangkit (active menjangkit, passive dijangkit)

1. to infect

   Synonyms: infeksi, jangkiti, tular

Derived terms

• (of infection) berjangkit (“to spread”)
• (of infection) berjangkitan (“to spread everywhere”)
• jangkitan (“infection”)
• jangkiti (“to infect”)
• kejangkitan (“to be infected with”)
• penjangkit (“infecter”)
• penjangkitan (“the act of infecting, infection”)
• terjangkit (“infected”)
• terjangkiti (“to be infected with”)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *za(ŋ)kit (“contagious, spreading by contact”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaŋket/ [ˈd͡ʒaŋ.ket̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -aŋket, -et
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaŋkit/ [ˈd͡ʒaŋ.kit̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -aŋkit, -it

Verb

jangkit (Jawi spelling جاڠکيت)

1. to infect

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penjangkit [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penjangkitan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• jangkitan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• kejangkitan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• perjangkitan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• menjangkit [agent focus] (meN-)
• menjangkitkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menjangkiti [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dijangkiti [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terjangkit [agentless action] (teR-)
• terjangkiti [agentless action + causative (locative) benefactive] (teR- + -i)
• berjangkit [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• keberjangkitan [stative / habitual + abstract / locative] (beR- + ke-an)
• berjangkitan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: jangkit
• North Moluccan Malay: jangke

Further reading

• "jangkit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017