jakun
/d͡ʒʌkun/
jakun adjective: fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.
Adjective
jakun (comparative more jakun, superlative most jakun)
- Fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.
- A jakun tourist’s worst nightmare…is an idiot who simply cannot see that people want to take photographs & simply stands right in front of the object jakun tourists want to photograph, & lingers around it.2009 February 9, The Jakun Tourist A Jakun Tourist’s Worst Nightmare…
- Yes, it was one of the many jakun moments I had while in Singapore.2013 May 17, Joel Wong, ONE Asia MMA Summit 2013: The Recap
- Overly excited, bad-tempered, unruly, or unsophisticated.
Noun capitalized: Jakun
Jakun pl (plural only)
- An ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
- An individual of this group.
- The savage Malays are the Dyaks of Borneo; the Battaks and other wild tribes of Sumatra; the Jakuns of the Malay Peninsula; the aborigines of Northern Celebes, of the Sula island, and of part of Bouru.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 441
Proper noun capitalized: Jakun
Jakun
- Their Austronesian language.
Examples of jakun in a sentence
- Sorry so jakun, need to post a picture of my Uber because it looks like a Bentley.2015 June 26, shaolintiger, Frog Porridge, Chicken Rice & the Journey Home:
- I was so jakun with the pen thingy and this happened hehe I feel like a kid.2016 March 18, fatinabilaah, [Twitter feed]:
Synonyms of jakun
Forms of jakun
| comparative | more jakun |
|---|---|
| superlative | most jakun |
Origin of jakun
Semantic extension of the Malay Jakun, an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the jungles of Pahang, Johor and Negeri Sembilan.
Questions about jakun
- What does jakun mean?
- Jakun means fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.
- How do you use jakun in a sentence?
- Sorry so jakun, need to post a picture of my Uber because it looks like a Bentley.
- What part of speech is jakun?
- Jakun can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jakun?
- Jakun is pronounced /d͡ʒʌkun/.
Words near jakun in the dictionary
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