ketiak

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ketek (colloquial, slang)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ketiak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈtiak/ [kəˈt̪i.ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ke‧ti‧ak

Noun

ketiak (plural ketiak-ketiak) (anatomy)

1. armpit; underarm

   Baju ini sempit banget di bagian ketiak.

   This shirt is really tight in the armpit area.

Derived terms

Idioms

• mencari kutu di ketiak

Further reading

• “ketiak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Alternative forms

• tiak (colloquial, dialectal)
• ketek (colloquial, slang, Indonesia)

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /kəˈtjak/ [kəˈt̪jaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ke‧ti‧ak

Noun

ketiak (Jawi spelling کتياق, plural ketiak-ketiak or ketiak²) (anatomy)

1. armpit; underarm

   Cik Liew menyapu deodoran pada ketiaknya agar tidak berbau masam.

   Miss Liew puts deodorant on her underarms so that they won't smell sour.

Derived terms

Compounds

• bulu ketiak (“axilla”)
• tongkat ketiak (“crutch”)

Proverbs

• dibawah ketiak orang

Others

• ketibas (“sweaty armpit”) (Malaysia, slang)
• ketibus (“smelly armpit”) (Malaysia, slang)
• ketitam (“dark armpit”) (Malaysia, slang)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: ketiak (inherited)

Further reading

• "ketiak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017