main

Pronunciation: /ˈmaen/

“main” is a Malay word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

to play
to play around
to fuck; to have sex

adverb

unpromptedly (without prior notice; for no apparent reason)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *main, likely a phonemical reduction from Pre-Proto-Malayic *qumaim, *qumayam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um- + *qayam (“domesticated animal, plaything”). The Buku Katan alternatively proposes it as a product of suffixing maya + -an.

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