Memanen

Memanen is an Indonesian verb meaning to harvest or reap crops, fruits, vegetables, or other harvestable produce from fields or trees. It is formed from the noun panen (harvest) with the prefix me- and the suffix -kan, creating a transitive verb that denotes the act of collecting matured produce. The term is used broadly for agricultural harvests and can be applied to both manual and mechanized picking.

In everyday Indonesian, memanen is often used in phrases such as memanen padi, memanen buah, memanen sayur. The concept is closely tied to the agricultural cycle, typically occurring after crops reach maturity and before storage or sale. The related noun panen refers to the harvest event itself, and panen raya denotes a large or nationwide harvest. The verb can also be used more metaphorically to describe harvesting results or rewards, as in memanen hasil kerja or memanen keuntungan.

The term is widely used in Indonesian and is also understood in Malay, with similar spelling and meaning. It is one of several harvest-related verbs, alongside memetik (to pick or pluck) and menuai (to reap, often used in more formal or literary contexts for crops such as wheat). Differences among these terms reflect nuance in how crops are gathered or the scale of the harvest.