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dekat

  1. rice cake

From Malay dekat, from Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dəkət.

dekat

  1. close (at a short distance)
    Antonym: jauh
    Desanya dekat pantai. ― The village is close to the beach.
  2. almost
    Synonym: hampir
    Sudah dekat malam. ― It's almost nighttime.
  3. near
  4. close, intimate
    Mereka sabahat dekat. ― They're close friends.
  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /dəˈkat/ [dɨˈk̠ʌt̚]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: de‧kat

dëkát

  1. a wedding invitation
  • Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎[1] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), page 27
  • kat (informal, slang, preposition)
  • dkt, kt (SMS slang)

From Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dekeC.

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

  1. Near, close.
    1. Located near or close.
      Antonym: jauh

      Ada satu cawangan McDonald's yang agak dekat dengan tempat ini.

      There's one McDonald's branch that is quite close to this place.
    2. Happening soon.

      Masa ujian matematik sudah dekat.

      The time for the mathematics test is near.
    3. (figurative) Acquainted; being close friends.
      Synonyms: akrab, rapat, karib

      Dia dekat dengan jiran-jirannya.

      He is close to his neighbours.

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

  1. Almost, nearly.
    Synonym: hampir

    Aku tidur dekat sejam saja malam semalam.

    I slept for almost only one hour last night.

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)

  1. (informal) At, in, on; within or nearing a location.
    Synonym: di

    Saya beli baju ni dekat Parkson.

    I bought this shirt at Parkson.
  2. (informal) To, towards.
    Synonyms: ke, kepada

    Bagi kertas ni dekat Mathan.

    Give this paper to Mathan.
  • “dekat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dekeC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkat (“cold”).

dekat [1]

  1. feverish

dekat

  1. to catch cold
  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

dekat

  1. a kind of rice cake made from sweet rice or corn