pantas

From Malay pantas (“quick; fast; skilled; experienced”), from Classical Malay pantas, from Old Javanese pantĕs (“fitting, appropriate; in accordance with all the rules”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (pantes, “appropriate”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpantas]
• Hyphenation: pan‧tas

pantas (superlative terpantas)

1. worthy

   Synonyms: patut, layak

2. appropriate

   Synonyms: sesuai, sepadan

3. fit

   Synonym: cocok

4. (obsolete) deft

   Synonyms: cekatan, tangkas

5. (obsolete) fast

   Synonym: cepat

The sense is reinforced as semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (pantes, “appropriate”). The inherited sense of deft become dated in Indonesian, while the sense is kept in Standard Malay pantas.

• “pantas” 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.

From Old Javanese pantĕs.

• IPA^(key): /pantas/
• Rhymes: -antas, -as

pantas (Jawi spelling ڤانتس)

1. quick; fast

   Synonyms: cepat, kencang, lekas

   Antonyms: lembap, perlahan

2. skilled; experienced

   Synonyms: cekap, mahir, tangkas

• > Indonesian: pantas (“deft; fast”) (inherited)
• → Iban: pantas (“quick; sharp; attentive”)
• → Malagasy: fantatra (“known; recognized”)
• → Ngaju: pantas (“beautiful; well; graceful”)
• → Tagalog: pantas (“sage; wise man; scholar”)
• → Toba Batak: pantas (“ingenious, intelligent; prudent”)

• “pantas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

pantas

1. passive infinitive of panta
2. present passive of panta

Borrowed from Malay pantas, from Old Javanese pantĕs (modern Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (pantes)).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /panˈtas/ [pɐn̪ˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: pan‧tas

pantás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)

1. (archaic) sage; wise man; scholar

   Synonyms: paham, dalubhasa

   Nagsasaliksik ang mga pantas upang malinang ang kanilang karunungan.

   The wise men are researching to sharpen their knowledge.

• http://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s=wise