latar

• IPA^(key): /laˈtaɾ/

Probably from Vulgar Latin *lattare, from Latin latitāre, from lateō (“be hiding, lurk, skulk”) +‎ -itō (frequentative suffix).

latar (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite latei, past participle latado)

1. (intransitive) to play truant, be absent from school without a valid reason

• latarego (“lazy; shallow; deceitful”)

From lata (“lath”).

latar (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite latei, past participle latado)

1. to lath

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “latar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “latar 'faltar'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “latar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “latar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Malay latar, from Javanese latar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ (“flat”), ultimately Proto-Austronesian *dataR (“flat, flat or level land”). Doublet of datar and rata.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlatar]
• Hyphenation: la‧tar

latar (plural latar-latar)

1. level, flat

   Synonyms: datar, rata

2. surface

   Synonym: permukaan

3. synonym of halaman (“backyard, courtyard; page”)
4. setting:
   1. (literature) the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set

      Synonyms: keadaan, situasi

   2. (drama) the mounting of a play, etc., for the stage
5. background: a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject

• “latar” 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.

latar

1. romanization of ꦭꦠꦂ

latar

1. present indicative of lata

• talar