jakun
/d͡ʒʌkun/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Fascinated by objects, events, or experiences which seem ordinary to others.
Derogatory; Informal
noun
An ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
noun
An individual of this group.
name
Their Austronesian language.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Yes, it was one of the many jakun moments I had while in Singapore."
- "And it’s popular foods in Korean culture that apparently so many of our readers are familiar with it all! But of course, we all jakun lah LOL."
- "Sorry so jakun, need to post a picture of my Uber because it looks like a Bentley."
- "I was so jakun with the pen thingy and this happened hehe I feel like a kid."
- "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."
Etymology
Semantic extension of the Malay Jakun, an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the jungles of Pahang, Johor and Negeri Sembilan.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more jakun (comparative)
most jakun (superlative)