# kanker
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaŋ.kər/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kanker (plural kankers)
* cancer

#### Derived terms

* kankerbos
* maagkanker

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑŋ.kər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kan‧ker
* Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

#### Noun

kanker m (plural kankers, diminutive kankertje n)
* (medicine, oncology) cancer
* (figurative) cancer, something harmful that festers and spreads elsewhere

##### Derived terms

* alvleesklierkanker
* baarmoederhalskanker
* baarmoederkanker
* bloedkanker
* borstkanker
* botkanker
* darmkanker
* huidkanker
* kanker-
* kankeren
* kankergezwel
* kankerlijder, kankerlijer
* kankerstaaf
* kinderkanker
* leverkanker
* longkanker
* maagkanker
* naar de kanker
* nierkanker
* peniskanker
* prostaatkanker
* teelbalkanker
* verkankeren
* vulvakanker

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kanker
* → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
* → Indonesian: kanker
* → Minangkabau: kangker
* → Papiamentu: kanker
* → Sranan Tongo: kanker

#### Interjection

kanker
* (potentially offensive, vulgar, chiefly Netherlands) An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kanker
* inflection of kankeren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

kankêr (plural kanker-kanker)
* cancer:
** (oncology) a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation
** (figurative) something damaging that spreads throughout something else

#### Alternative forms

* kangker
* کنسر (kanser) (Malaysia, Singapore)

#### Synonyms

* باره (barah) (Standard Malay)
* keganasan

#### Derived terms

* kanker anus
* kanker batang
* kanker darah
* kanker dubur
* kanker esofagus
* kanker ganas
* kanker ginjal
* kanker herediter
* kanker hipofaring
* kanker in situ
* kanker invasif
* kanker kerongkongan
* kanker kolon
* kanker kolorektal
* kanker kulit
* kanker lambung
* kanker lidah
* kanker mata
* kanker mulut
* kanker nasofaring
* kanker otak
* kanker ovarium
* kanker pankreas
* kanker paru
* kanker payudara
* kanker penis
* kanker prostat
* kanker rahim
* kanker serviks
* kanker sinus
* kanker stadium
* kanker tenggorokan
* kanker timus
* kanker tiroid
* kanker tulang
* kanker usus
* kanker usus besar

### Further reading

* “kanker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology 1

From English canker (“canker”), from Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer, from Latin cancer (“a cancer”).

#### Noun

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)
* canker, plant disease marked by gradual decay

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)
* (oncology) (Riau, Sumatra) cancer, disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation.
    Synonyms: barah, kanser

##### Alternative forms

* kanser (Malaysia, Singapore)

### Further reading

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

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkankəɾ/, [ˈkã̠ŋkəɾ], [ˈkɑ̟̃ŋkəɾ]

### Noun

kanker
* (oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
    Synonyms: takrusiki (euphemistic), takruboi (euphemistic)