letak

See also: leták and lētāk

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay letak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈtak/ [ləˈt̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: le‧tak

Noun

lêtak (plural letak-letak, first-person possessive letakku, second-person possessive letakmu, third-person possessive letaknya)

1. placement;insertion
2. position

   Synonyms: keadaan, kedudukan

3. (obstetrics) presentation

   Synonym: presentasi

Derived terms

• meletak
• meletakkan
• peletak
• peletakan
• perletakan
• terletak

 

• letak sungsang

 

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈletak/ [ˈle.t̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -etak
• Syllabification: le‧tak

Adjective

létak

1. weak

   Synonyms: lemah, payah

2. hungry

   Synonym: lapar

Further reading

• “letak” 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

Akin to Javanese glèthak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈtak/ [ləˈt̪aʔ]

Verb

letak (Jawi spelling لتق)

1. to place; to put; to insert

Derived terms

• meletakkan
• terletak

 

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêtak/
• Hyphenation: le‧tak

Noun

lȅtak m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏так)

1. leaflet, flyer

Declension

Declension of letak

	singular	plural
nominative	letak	leci
genitive	letka	letaka
dative	letku	lecima
accusative	letak	letke
vocative	letku	leci
locative	letku	lecima
instrumental	letkom	lecima