kanker

From Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ.kər/

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kanker (plural kankers)

1. cancer

• kankerbos
• maagkanker

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: kan‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

kanker m (plural kankers, diminutive kankertje n)

1. (medicine, oncology) cancer
2. (figurative) cancer, something harmful that festers and spreads elsewhere

• Afrikaans: kanker
• → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
• → Malay: kanker
  • → Indonesian: kanker
• → Minangkabau: kangker
• → Papiamentu: kanker

kanker

1. (potentially offensive, vulgar) An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck

• kanker-

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kanker

1. first-person singular present indicative of kankeren
2. imperative of kankeren

From Malay kanker from Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer. Cognate of Afrikaans kanker. Doublet of Kanser.

• IPA^(key): (standard) [ˈkan.kər], (assimilated, Dutch-influenced) [ˈkaŋ.kər]
• Hyphenation: kan‧kêr

kankêr (plural kanker-kanker, first-person possessive kankerku, second-person possessive kankermu, third-person possessive kankernya)

1. (oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation).

• کنسر (kanser) (Malaysia, Singapore)

• باره (barah) (Standard Malay)
• keganasan

• “kanker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer.

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر‎, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)

1. (oncology) (Riau, Sumatra) cancer, disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation.

   Synonyms: barah, kanser

2. canker, plant disease marked by gradual decay

• kanser (Malaysia, Singapore)

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