lokunとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /ləʊˈkʊn/
• ハイフネーション: lo‧kun

名詞

lokun

1. (Singapore and Malaysia, informal, colloquial) doctor; physician
   • 2006 October 30, kaupehkaubu, “Malaysia A Police State? Is Mahathir Serious?”, in Sangkancil‎ (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2012 October 31, Chang Mei Bin, “The Testimony of the Late Dr Richard Teo, the Singaporean Millionaire Plastic Surgeon”, in SacredHeart1984‎ (Usenet):

     Anything more than SGD$30, they would complain: “Wah, this lo kun (doctor) jing qwee (very expensive)!”

   • 2015, Gwee Li Sui, Singathology: 50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writers:

     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.

使用する際の注意点

• Used primarily in casual conversation or informal writing and not in more formal written works and discourse.