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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qetak (“slam down, ram down”). Doublet of hentak and antak.
Pronunciation
Verb
entak (Jawi spelling انتق)
- (obsolete) to let something drop or fall on another, to put something down with force
- (obsolete) to stamp down on something, to pound
Descendants
- Malay: rentak (by rebracketing)
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “انتق ĕntak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 23
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “ĕntak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 307