tingkat

English

Etymology

From Malay tingkat.

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈt˭ɪŋk˭ɑt/, [ˈt˭ɪŋ˧k˭ät˦]

Noun

tingkat (usually uncountable, plural tingkats)

(informal, Singapore)

  1. Tiffin container
    • 2012 March 18, Eunice Quek, “Taste of home”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 21:
      He suspected something was different with his tingkat (tiffin carrier) meal one week, after tasting the dishes.
  2. (metonymic, uncountable) Home-cooked meals from a home delivery and catering service.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tingkat (“floor”), from Classical Malay tingkat. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɪŋkat]
  • Hyphenation: ting‧kat
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

tingkat (plural tingkat-tingkat)

  1. level
    1. the same position or rank
    2. a floor of a multi-storey building
  2. rank (level of something)
    Synonym: pangkat
  3. class (level of something)
    Synonym: kelas
  4. floor
  5. rate
    tingkat pengangguran ― unemployment rate
    Synonym: angka
  6. storey, story: a floor or level of a building or ship

Alternative forms

  • tk. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

  • bertingkat
  • bertingkat-tingkat
  • meningkat
  • meningkat-ningkat
  • meningkatkan
  • peningkat
  • peningkatan
  • setingkat
  • tingkatan

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiŋ.kat/
  • Rhymes: -ŋkat, -kat, -at

Noun

tingkat (Jawi spelling تيڠکت, plural tingkat-tingkat)

  1. floor, storey
  2. level
  3. (Singapore) Ellipsis of mangkuk tingkat (“tiffin container”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • peningkatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • tingkatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • meningkat [agent focus] (meN-)
  • meningkatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • ditingkat [patient focus] (di-)
  • ditingkatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • mempertingkat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
  • mempertingkatkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • dipertingkat [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
  • dipertingkatkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
  • bertingkat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • bertingkat-tingkat [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • meningkat-ningkat

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tingkat
  • → English: tingkat (Singapore)

Further reading

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