lekas

See also: Lekas and lekáš

Esperanto

Verb

lekas

  1. present of leki

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈkas/
  • Hyphenation: lê‧kas
  • Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lekas (quick, quickly), *-kas (swift, agile, strong, energetic).

Adverb

lêkas

  1. soon, quickly
    Synonyms: cepat, segera
    Jika kita melalui jalan ini, kita akan lekas sampai sana.If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
    Lekas sembuh!Get well soon!
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Balinese ᬍᬓᬲ᭄ (lekas).

Verb

lêkas

  1. (dialect) alternative form of melekas (to use black magic, to transform with black magic)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lekas (quick, quickly), with the root *-kas (swift, agile, strong, energetic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləkas/
  • Rhymes: -kas, -as
  • Hyphenation: le‧kas

Adverb

lekas (Jawi spelling لکس)

  1. Quickly or fast.
    Synonyms: cepat, segera
    Antonyms: lambat, lengah

Affixations

Further reading

  • lekas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lekas₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Swedish

Verb

lekas

  1. passive infinitive of leka

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