kebut

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kebut, from Proto-Malayic *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut. Doublet of kabut.

• The colloquial senses are semantic loan from Betawi and Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “duster”), probably from Malay kebut (“to clean the dust”).
• The speeding sense is a Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “to speed”), probably as extension of "to disappear" sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbʊt̚/
• Hyphenation: kê‧but

Verb

kêbut (base-imperative-colloquial kebut, active mengebut, passive dikebut)

1. to disappear

   Synonym: hilang

2. to speed: to go fast; to exceed the speed limit.

Noun

kêbut (first-person possessive kebutku, second-person possessive kebutmu, third-person possessive kebutnya)

1. (colloquial) fan for shooing insect.
2. (colloquial, soccer) the referee ('s signal flag).

Derived terms

• kebut-kebutan
• mengebut
• mengebuti
• mengebutkan
• pengebut

 

Further reading

• “kebut” 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.