dekat

dekat

1. rice cake

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

• IPA^(key): /dəˈkat/
• (Sumba) IPA^(key): [ˈdekat]

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• Rhymes: -əkat, -kat, -at

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.

• IPA^(key): /dəˈkat/ [dɨˈk̠ʌt̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: de‧kat

dëkát

1. a wedding invitation

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[1] (in Tagalog and Kankanaey), archived from the original on 25 September 2024, page 27

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

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

• IPA^(key): [də.kat]

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• Rhymes: -kat, -at
• Hyphenation: de‧kat

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.

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.

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

1. (informal) At, in, on:
   1. Within or nearing a location.

      Synonym: di

      Saya beli buku ni dekat kedai tu.

      I bought this book at that shop.

2. To, at, towards:
   1. In the direction of (used with animate and abstract objects).

      Synonyms: pada, ke, kepada

      Adam baling bola tu dekat ayam tu.

      Adam threw that ball at that chicken.

   2. Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

      Synonyms: pada, terhadap, akan, kepada

      Jangan marah dekat adik-beradik kamu.

      Don't be angry at your siblings.

3. (informal, dialectal) For:
   1. For the benefit of.

      Synonyms: untuk, demi

      Tuangkan air dekat Adam.

      Pour some water for Adam.

• “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

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

dekat ^[1]

1. feverish

dekat

1. to catch cold

dekat

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