ketat
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈtat/, [kəˈt̪at̪̚]
- Hyphenation: kê‧tat
- Rhymes: -at
Adjective
kêtat (comparative lebih ketat, superlative paling ketat)
- tight (firmly held together; compact; not loose or open)
- Pakaian yang ketat.
- Tight clothing
- strict (governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous)
- Penjagaan ketat oleh sipir dilakukan kepada para narapidana.
- Strict guarding by the warden is done to the inmates.
Synonyms
- sendat, sempit
Antonyms
Derived terms
- keketatan
- memperketat
- mengetatkan
- pengetatan
Further reading
- “ketat” 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.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic [Term?], possibly from earlier *ka-hətət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qətqət, from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəC.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈtat/ [kəˈt̪at̪̚]
Adjective
ketat (Jawi spelling کتت)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pengetat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pengetatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- keketatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- mengetat [agent focus] (meN-)
- mengetatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- diketat [patient focus] (di-)
- terketat [agentless action] (teR-)
- memperketat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
- memperketatkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
- diperketat [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
- diperketatkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
Descendants
- Indonesian: kêtat
Further reading
- “ketat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.