sekat

Inherited from Old Czech sěkati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛkat]

sekat impf (perfective seknout)

1. to chop, cut (with an axe or a scythe)

   Synonym: síct

• řezat

• “sekati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sekati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sekat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈkat̚/
• Rhymes: -kat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: sê‧kat

Inherited from Malay sekat, from Proto-Malayic *səkat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səkəd. The sense of to stop is semantic loan from Minangkabau [Term?].

sêkat (plural sekat-sekat)

1. partition, screen; bulkhead
2. (biology) wall
3. impediment, obstacle

   Synonyms: halangan, rintangan

sêkat

1. (dialect) to stop

   Synonyms: henti, kandas

Borrowed from Dutch schaats (“skate, ice skate”), from Middle Dutch schāetse (“stilt”), from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”), from Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), from the verb *skakan (“to shake”).

sêkat (plural sekat-sekat)

1. skate, ice skate

sêkat

1. to skate

• “sekat” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *səkat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səkəd. Compare Toba Batak sohot (“to stop, cease, discontinue”), Ilocano sekkéd (“to come to the end”) and sekdan (“to reserve for future use; to minimize expenses”), and Khmer ស្កាត់ (skat, “to block; to intervene; to suppress”).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /səˈkat/ [səˈkat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -əkat, -kat, -at
• Hyphenation: se‧kat

sekat (Jawi spelling سکت)

1. to block; to obstruct
2. to restrict; to restrain; to confine

• > Indonesian: sekat (“partition, wall”) (inherited)

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