kitar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkitar]
• Hyphenation: ki‧tar

Etymology 1

Contraction of ke- +‎ edar, from Malay kitar. Compare Old Javanese kedĕr (“turned round; overturned; wandering, spinning”).

Verb

kitar (base-imperative-colloquial)

1. to rotate, to turn around.

   Synonyms: edar, keliling, pusing, putar

Noun

kitar (first-person possessive kitarku, second-person possessive kitarmu, third-person possessive kitarnya)

1. (transport) cycle: the number of activities that can be carried out by a means of transportation from one starting point per unit time.

Alternative forms

• kintar (nonstandard)

Derived terms

• berkitar
• kitaran
• mengitar
• mengitar-ngitar
• mengitari
• mengitarkan
• pengitaran
• perkitaran
• sekitar
• terkitar-kitar

 

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau kitar.

Verb

kitar (base-imperative-colloquial)

1. (dialect) to push (aside).

   Synonyms: desak, tolak

Derived terms

• memperkitarkan
• mengitarkan

 

Further reading

• “kitar” 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.