kebut
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kebut, from Proto-Malayic *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut. Doublet of kabut.
- The colloquial senses are semantic loan from Betawi and Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “duster”), probably from Malay kebut (“to clean the dust”).
- The speeding sense is a Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “to speed”), probably as extension of "to disappear" sense.
Pronunciation
Verb
kêbut (base-imperative-colloquial kebut, active mengebut, passive dikebut)
Noun
kêbut (first-person possessive kebutku, second-person possessive kebutmu, third-person possessive kebutnya)
- (colloquial) fan for shooing insect.
- (colloquial, soccer) the referee ('s signal flag).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kebut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.