seret

Inherited from Malay seret (“to drag”). Compare to Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “drag”)).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɛt/ [ˈsɛ.rɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛt
• Syllabification: se‧ret

seret (active menyeret, passive diseret)

1. to drag

Inherited from Malay seret (“stripe”), from Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “narrow undyed strip at the edge of a piece of batik fabric”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɛt/ [ˈsɛ.rɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛt
• Syllabification: se‧ret

seret (comparative lebih seret, superlative paling seret)

1. (dialectal, Java) stripped (made of strips)

   Synonym: loreng

seret (plural seret-seret)

1. (dialectal, Java) edge, of a cloth

   Synonym: pinggiran

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀ (seret, “choked; tight”) (compare Malay serat), from Old Javanese srĕt (“faltering”).

• serat

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈrət/ [səˈrət̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ət
• Syllabification: se‧ret

sêrêt (comparative lebih seret, superlative paling seret) (chiefly dialectal, Java)

1. stiff; jammed

   Synonyms: kaku, macet

2. (of voice) hoarse

   Synonym: serak

3. (dialect, Java) slow, sluggish

   Synonym: lambat

4. (dialect, Java) blocked

   Synonym: terhalang

• “seret” 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.

seret

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀
2. nonstandard form of sèrèt, romanization of ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀

Form of the verb serō (“I sow or plant”).

seret

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serō

Form of the verb serō (“I join or weave”).

seret

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serō

Form of the verb serō (“I fasten”).

seret

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of serō

Ccompare Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “drag”)).

seret (Jawi spelling سيريت)

1. to drag
2. to swipe (of cards on a reader)
3. to trail behind

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “narrow undyed strip at the edge of a piece of batik fabric”).

seret (Jawi spelling سيريت, plural seret-seret)

1. (rare) stripe

   Synonyms: coreng, belang, jalur, loreng

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سيرت seret”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 42
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سيرت seret”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 427
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “seret”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 451

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