datang

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay datang, from Classical Malay داتڠ (datang, “come”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdataŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: da‧tang

Verb

datang (transitive locative datangi)

  1. (intransitive) to come
    Kami datang ke toko ini untuk membeli buku pembelajaran.
    We came to this shop to buy learning books.
  2. (intransitive) to arrive
    Synonym: tiba
    Dia nanti datang setelah sore. ― He will arrive later in the afternoon.

Usage notes

Conjugation

Conjugation of datang (meng-, intransitive)
Root datang
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mendatang terdatang didatang datang datanglah
Locative mendatangi terdatangi didatangi datangi datangilah
Causative / Applicative1 mendatangkan terdatangkan didatangkan datangkan datangkanlah
Causative
Active memperdatang terperdatang diperdatang perdatang perdatanglah
Locative memperdatangi terperdatangi diperdatangi perdatangi perdatangilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperdatangkan terperdatangkan diperdatangkan perdatangkan perdatangkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ.

Verb

datang

  1. to come

Malay

Alternative forms

  • dtg (SMS slang)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ. Compare with Tagalog dating (“arrival”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay (dātaṃ).

Pronunciation

Verb

datang (Jawi spelling داتڠ)

  1. (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)
    Synonym: mari
    Antonym: pergi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: datang

Further reading

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