letak

See also: leták and lētāk

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay letak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈtaʔ/
• Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: lê‧tak

Noun

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

1. place; put; insert
2. position

   Synonyms: keadaan, kedudukan

3. (obstetrics) presentation: the position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.

   Synonym: presentasi

Derived terms

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

 

• letak sungsang

 

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛtaʔ/
• Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: lè‧tak

Adjective

lètak

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.

Verb

letak

1. place; put; insert

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