dekat

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

dekat

  1. rice cake

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dekat, from Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dəkət.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dekat

  1. close (at a short distance)
    Antonym: jauh
    Desanya dekat pantai. ― The village is close to the beach.
  2. almost
    Synonym: hampir
    Sudah dekat malam. ― It's almost nighttime.
  3. near
  4. close, intimate
    Mereka sabahat dekat. ― They're close friends.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /dəˈkat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: de‧kat

Noun

dëkát

  1. a wedding invitation

References

  • Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎ (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), page 27

Malay

Alternative forms

  • kat (informal, slang, preposition)
  • dkt, kt (SMS slang)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dekeC.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

  1. Near, close.
    1. Located near or close.
      Antonym: jauh
      Ada satu cawangan McDonald's yang agak dekat dengan tempat ini.
      There's one McDonald's branch that is quite close to this place.
    2. Happening soon.
      Masa ujian matematik sudah dekat.
      The time for the mathematics test is near.
    3. (figurative) Acquainted; being close friends.
      Synonyms: akrab, rapat, karib
      Dia dekat dengan jiran-jirannya.
      He is close to his neighbours.

Adverb

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

  1. Almost, nearly.
    Synonym: hampir
    Aku tidur dekat sejam saja malam semalam.
    I slept for almost only one hour last night.

Preposition

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

  1. (informal) At, in, on; within or nearing a location.
    Synonym: di
    Saya beli baju ni dekat Parkson.
    I bought this shirt at Parkson.
  2. (informal) To, towards.
    Synonyms: ke, kepada
    Bagi kertas ni dekat Mathan.
    Give this paper to Mathan.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dekat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dekeC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkat (“cold”).

Adjective

dekat [1]

  1. feverish

Verb

dekat

  1. to catch cold

References

  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Yogad

Noun

dekat

  1. a kind of rice cake made from sweet rice or corn
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