amok

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text The Book of Duarte Barbosa, which was translated to English by Henry E. J. Stanley. ==== Alternative forms ==== amuck, amock ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /əˈmɒk/, /əˈmʌk/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /əˈmɒk/, /əˈmʊk/ Rhymes: -ɒk, -ʌk ==== Adverb ==== amok (comparative more amok, superlative most amok) Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous. In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk. ===== Usage notes ===== Used almost exclusively in the phrase run amok. ===== Derived terms ===== run amok ===== Descendants ===== → Cebuano: amok → Czech: amok → Danish: amok (or directly from Dutch amok) → Finnish: amok → German: Amok → Hebrew: אמוק (ámok) → Polish: amok → Norwegian: amok → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: амок Latin script: amok → Swedish: amok ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== berserk ==== Noun ==== amok (plural amoks) One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves. The act of running amok. ==== Verb ==== amok (third-person singular simple present amoks, present participle amoking, simple past and past participle amoked) Synonym of run amok. ==== References ==== https://kbbi.web.id/amuk Duarte Barbosa, Mansel Longworth Dames, (1518) "The book of Duarte Barbosa: an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants", Asian Educational Services, 1989, →ISBN Stanley, Henry E. J. ed. and trans. (1866), A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar by Duarte Barbosa‎[1], London: Hakluyt Society Dames, Mansel Longworth (1918–1921), The book of Duarte Barbosa : an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants (2 Volumes), London: Hakluyt Society, →OCLC === Etymology 2 === From Khmer អាម៉ុក (ʼaamok, “to steam in banana leaves”) ==== Noun ==== amok (uncountable) (Cambodia) A kind of Southeast Asian curry steamed in banana leaves native to Cambodia. === Anagrams === Kamo, Moak, Omak, mako, moka == Cebuano == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). Displaced amog. ==== Verb ==== amok to run amok ==== Noun ==== amok one who runs amok === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== amok a surf; waves that break on an ocean shoreline == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). First attested in the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈamok] === Noun === amok m inan condition of amok behaving ==== Declension ==== === References === == Danish == === Etymology === From English amok or from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). === Adjective === amok Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous. In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk. ==== Usage notes ==== Exclusively used adverbially in the phrase gå amok. ==== Derived terms ==== gå amok ==== Related terms ==== berserkergang === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay amuk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aːˈmɔk/ Hyphenation: amok Rhymes: -ɔk === Noun === amok n or m (plural amoks, no diminutive) (historical, chiefly uncountable) a murderous frenzy, a killing spree in Malay culture (historical, countable) one who runs amok, someone who is on such a killing spree Synonym: amokmaker (uncountable) uproar, riot, noise ==== Derived terms ==== amokmaker ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: amok (or through English amok) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑmok/, [ˈɑ̝mo̞k] Rhymes: -ɑmok Syllabification(key): a‧mok Hyphenation(key): amok === Noun === amok amok (one who runs amok) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “amok”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === koma, mako, moka == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). === Adverb === amok amok ==== Derived terms ==== gå amok løpe amok ==== Related terms ==== berserkergang === References === “amok” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). === Adverb === amok amok ==== Derived terms ==== gå amok === References === “amok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk. First attested in the first half of the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.mɔk/ Rhymes: -amɔk Syllabification: a‧mok === Noun === amok m inan amok, frenzy (act of behaving disruptively or uncontrollably) Synonym: szał amok, killing frenzy (act of going on a killing spree) (colloquial) frenzy, mania (violent derangement) Synonyms: mania, obsesja, szajba, szał ==== Declension ==== ==== Collocations ==== === References === === Further reading === amok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN amok in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). === Noun === amok m inan (Cyrillic spelling амок) running amok == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). === Noun === amok amok (out-of-control, frenzied rage) ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively in the phrase löpa amok (“run amok”). === References === amok in Svensk ordbok (SO) amok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) == Tocharian B == === Alternative forms === āmok === Etymology === Borrowed from a Middle Persian source. === Noun === amok ? art, artifice, craft ==== Derived terms ==== amokäṣṣe amoktse === Further reading === Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “amok”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 21