gebetan

Borrowed from Betawi gèbètan (“girlfriend or boyfriend”). Equivalent to gebet +‎ -an.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈbetan/
• Rhymes: -etan
• Syllabification: ge‧be‧tan

gebetan (plural gebetan-gebetan)

1. (colloquial) crush. An infatuation with somebody one is not dating

   Dia sudah punya gebetan

   She had a crush

ġe- +‎ bētan

• IPA^(key): /jeˈbeː.tɑn/

ġebētan

1. to fix, repair
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 921

     Þā fōr Ēadweard cyning mid Westseaxna fierde tō Colneċeastre and ġebētte þā burg and ġeednīewode þǣr hēo ǣr tōbrocen wæs.

     Then King Edward traveled to Colchester with the West Saxon army and repaired the fortress, and rebuilt it where it had been destroyed.

2. to cure or treat
   • 9th century, Bald's Leechbook vol. I

     On þām bæðe ġehwelċe morgne drince hē milisċe drincan, sēo ġebēt þā biternesse þæs ġealles.

     He should have a sweetened drink in the bath every morning; it will alleviate the bitterness of the bile.

3. to atone or compensate for
   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Þæs þā ymb twēġen dagas, þǣr hēo slēp æt hire godmēder hūse, þā cōm hire Dēofol tō and hīe āweahte and cwæþ tō hire, "Mīn hlǣfdīġe, ġif þē wæs gold tō lȳtel oþþe seolofor oþþe dīerwierðra ġimma oþþe ǣniġra weoroldwelena, iċ þæt sōna ġebēte, ac ne forlǣt þū mē."

     Two days later, while she was asleep at her godmother’s house, a demon came to her and woke her up and said, "My lady, if you had too little gold or silver or precious stones or any kind of worldly goods, I will make up for that immediately, but don’t renounce me."

4. to make or attend to a fire or a lamp
   • c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory

     Hē stōd on triewenre hlǣdre under þām lēohtfæte and ontende and ġebētte þæt lēoht.

     He was standing on a wooden ladder under the lamp to kindle the fire.

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