letak

See also: leták and lētāk

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay letak.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈtaʔ/ [ləˈt̪aʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: le‧tak

Noun

lêtak (plural letak-letak)

  1. placement; insertion
  2. position
    Synonyms: keadaan, kedudukan
    baik letaknyabeing fit, purposeful, located in a suitable place
    • 1975, Sagimun M.D., Sultan Hasanuddin menentang V.O.C.[1], page 108:
      Segera pula orang-orang Belanda mengetahui bahwa Sombaopu adalah sebuah tempat yang sangat baik letaknya untuk berlayar ke kepulauan Maluku dan demikian pula kembalinya.
      The Dutch soon discovered that Sombaopu was an excellent place to sail to the Maluku Islands and back.
  3. (obstetrics) presentation
    Synonym: presentasi
Conjugation
Conjugation of letak (meng-, transitive)
root letak
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative meletak terletak diletak letaklah
accusative / dative / locative meletaki diletaki letaki letakilah
perfective causative / applicative2 meletakkan diletakkan letakkan letakkanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms
  • letak sungsang

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈletak/ [ˈle.t̪ak̚]
  • Rhymes: -etak
  • Syllabification: le‧tak

Adjective

létak (comparative lebih letak, superlative paling letak) (rare or obsolete)

  1. weak
    Synonyms: lemah, payah
  2. hungry
    Synonym: lapar

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Akin to Javanese glèthak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈtak/ [ləˈt̪aʔ]

Verb

letak (Jawi spelling لتق)

  1. to place; to put; to insert

Derived terms

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêtak/
  • Hyphenation: le‧tak

Noun

lȅtak m inan (Cyrillic spelling ле̏так)

  1. leaflet, flyer

Declension

Declension of letak
singular plural
nominative letak leci
genitive letka letaka
dative letku lecima
accusative letak letke
vocative letku leci
locative letku lecima
instrumental letkom lecima