# absen
## Ambonese Malay
### Adjective

absen
* absent

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈap̚sɛn]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -sɛn, -ɛn, -n
* Hyphenation: ab‧sèn

### Adjective

absèn
* absent
    Synonyms: mangkir, bolos, tidak hadir

### Verb

absèn
* to be absent (in school, work and others)
* (colloquial) to do absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

### Noun

absèn (plural absen-absen)
* (colloquial) clipping of absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”).
    Titip absen adalah menyuruh seseorang untuk menandatangani absensi biasanya dengan tujuan agar dapat dihitung hadir walaupun sebenarnya tidak hadir. ― Attendance entrustment is to ask someone to sign the attendance usually with the aim that it can be counted as being present even though they are not present.

### Derived terms

* keabsenan
* mengabsen
* pengabsenan
* terabsen

### Related terms

* absensi
* absente

### See also

* kehadiran
* presensi

### References

* ↑ Yuni Rafita (2012 January) “Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kecurangan Akademik (Titip Absen) pada Mahasiswa S1 Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Islam Indonesia”, in Khazanah: Jurnal Mahasiswa (in Indonesian), volume 5, number 2, pages 26–37

### Further reading

* “absen” 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

Borrowed from English absent (compare Dutch-derived Indonesian absen).

### Pronunciation

* (English-based) IPA: [ɛp.sən]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* (spelling-based) IPA: [ap.sən]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Adjective

absen (Jawi spelling ابسن)
* (colloquial) To be absent (in school, work and others)
    Synonym: tidak hadir

#### Related terms

* mengabsen

### Further reading

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

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔabsen/ [ˈʔab.sɛn̪]
* Rhymes: -absen
* Syllabification: ab‧sen

### Adjective

absen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)
* Alternative form of absent

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh absenn, absent, a learned borrowing from Latin absentia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈabsɛn/

### Noun

absen m or f (plural absennau)
* absence
    Synonym: absenoldeb
* slander
    Synonym: athrod

#### Derived terms

* absennol (“absent”)
* absennu (“to slander; to be absent”)
* absenoldeb (“absence”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “absen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies