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Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦩꦕꦼꦠ꧀ (macet), ꦥꦕꦼꦠ꧀ (pacet, “impasse, deadlocked, blocked”), from Old Javanese cĕt (“in a moment, all at once, in a flash”). Compare to Proto-Mon-Khmer *tət (“blocked, to block”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃət/,
- Hyphenation: ma‧cêt
Adjective
macet
- blocked; clogged
- congested
- stuck
- (computing) hang
Noun
macet (first-person possessive macetku, second-person possessive macetmu, third-person possessive macetnya)
- traffic congestion; traffic jam
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References
- ^ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Latin
Verb
macet
- third-person singular present active indicative of maceō