Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lokun

/ləʊˈkʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lo-kun
IPA: /ləʊˈkʊn/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

doctor; physician

Colloquial; Informal

Example Sentences

"What they say about the doctors, generalist and the specialist: […] The specialist(aka tua lokun) knows more and more about less and less until eventually he knows everything about nothing."
"Anything more than SGD$30, they would complain: “Wah, this lo kun (doctor) jing qwee (very expensive)!”"
"The lo-kun stared steadily at the computer screen, his finger still, uncertain what to do, unable to understand if some tragic meaning lay behind that long coughing fit."

Etymology

From Hokkien 老君 (ló-kun), from Malay dukun (“shaman or medicine man”). Doublet of dukun.

Word Breakdown

Root: 老君, dukun

Usage

Inflected Forms

lo-kun (alternative) lo kun (alternative) lo-koon (alternative) lor kun (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce lokun?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləʊˈkʊn/.
What does lokun mean?: doctor; physician
Where does lokun come from?: From Hokkien 老君 (ló-kun), from Malay dukun (“shaman or medicine man”). Doublet of dukun.

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