singkat
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsiŋkat/ [ˈsiŋ.kat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -iŋkat
- Syllabification: sing‧kat
Adjective
singkat (comparative lebih singkat, superlative paling singkat or tersingkat, equative sesingkat)
- short
- Synonym: pendek
- having little duration or time
- taking few words
- having little ages
- brief (taking few words)
Verb
singkat (active menyingkat, passive disingkat)
- (transitive) to abbreviate; to abridge
- Synonyms: persingkat, singkatkan
- to make shorter; to shorten (in time); to shorten by ending sooner than planned
- to reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form
Derived terms
Further reading
- “singkat” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Compare Minangkabau singkek. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiŋkat/ [ˈsiŋ.kat̪̚]
Adjective
singkat (Jawi spelling سيڠکت)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penyingkatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- singkatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- kesingkatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- menyingkatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- disingkatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- tersingkat [agentless action] (teR-)
- mempersingkat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
- dipersingkat [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: singkat
Further reading
- “singkat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.