ketuk

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Affixation of ke- +‎ tuk (“knock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -tʊʔ
• Hyphenation: kě‧túk

Verb

kêtuk (active mengetuk, passive diketuk)

1. (transitive) to knock (to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood)

   Aku telah mengetuk pintunya dengan kuat, tapi masih belum terdengar oleh orang rumah.

   I have knocked hard on the door, but the people in the house still couldn't hear it.

Noun

kêtuk (uncommon)

1. synonym of ketukan (“knock; knocking”)

Derived terms

• keletuk
• ketukan
• mengetuk
• mengetukkan
• pengetuk
• pengetukan
• terketuk

• ketuk palu

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈtuk/ [kəˈt̪ʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ke‧tuk

Noun

ketuk (plural ketuk-ketuk)

1. cluck (when brooding)

Derived terms

• berketuk

Noun

ketuk (plural ketuk-ketuk)

1. (music) Javanese gamelan musical instrument, shaped like a bonang, but flatter and with lower walls than a kenong, functions as a stress giver in gamelan music

Derived terms

• mengetuk

• ketuk tilu

Noun

ketuk (plural ketuk-ketuk)

1. (music) big drum

   Synonym: beduk

Further reading

• “ketuk”, 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