datang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay datang, from Classical Malay داتڠ‎ (datang, “come”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdataŋ/, [ˈda.t̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: da‧tang

Verb

datang

1. (intransitive) to come

   Minggu yang datang saya akan membeli buku itu. ― Next week I am going to buy that book.

2. (intransitive) to arrive

   Saya datang terlambat ke pesta Steven. ― I arrived late to Steven's party.

Usage notes

• "Selamat datang" is a greeting that means "welcome".

Conjugation

Conjugation of datang (meng-, transitive)
Root	datang
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mendatang	–	–	datang	datanglah
Locative	mendatangi	–	didatangi	datangi	datangilah
Causative / Applicative1	mendatangkan	–	didatangkan	datangkan	datangkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	–	–	–	–	–
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berdatang
• berdatangan
• datang-datang
• datang-mendatangi
• kedatangan
• mendatang
• mendatangi
• mendatangkan
• pendatang
• pendatangan

 

Further reading

• “datang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dateŋ.

Verb

datang

1. to come

Malay

Alternative forms

• dtg (SMS slang)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ. Compare with Tagalog dating (“arrival”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (dātaṃ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdataŋ/, [ˈda.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ

Verb

datang (Jawi spelling داتڠ‎)

1. (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

   Synonym: mari

   Antonym: pergi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pendatang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• kedatangan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• datang-datang [reduplication] (redup)
• datangkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• mendatang [agent focus] (meN-)
• mendatangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mendatangi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• didatang [patient focus] (di-)
• didatangkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• didatangi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terdatang [agentless action] (teR-)
• berdatangan [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)

• selamat datang

Descendants

• Indonesian: datang

Further reading

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