letak

See also: leták and lētāk

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay letak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈtaʔ/ [ləˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: le‧tak

Noun

lêtak (plural letak-letak)

1. placement; insertion
2. position

   Synonyms: keadaan, kedudukan

   baik letaknya ― being fit, purposeful, located in a suitable place

   • 1975, Sagimun M.D., Sultan Hasanuddin menentang V.O.C.‎^[1], page 108:

     Segera pula orang-orang Belanda mengetahui bahwa Sombaopu adalah sebuah tempat yang sangat baik letaknya untuk berlayar ke kepulauan Maluku dan demikian pula kembalinya.

     The Dutch soon discovered that Sombaopu was an excellent place to sail to the Maluku Islands and back.

3. (obstetrics) presentation

   Synonym: presentasi

Conjugation

Conjugation of letak (meng-, transitive)

root	letak
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	meletak	terletak	diletak	–	letaklah
accusative / dative / locative	meletaki	–	diletaki	letaki	letakilah
perfective causative / applicative2	meletakkan	–	diletakkan	letakkan	letakkanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

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

• letak sungsang

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈletak/ [ˈle.t̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -etak
• Syllabification: le‧tak

Adjective

létak (comparative lebih letak, superlative paling letak) (rare or obsolete)

1. weak

   Synonyms: lemah, payah

2. hungry

   Synonym: lapar

Further reading

• “letak”, 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

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku) IPA^(key): /ləˈtak/ [ləˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: le‧tak

Verb

letak (Jawi spelling لتق, active meletak, third-person passive diletak) (intransitive)

1. to place; to put; to insert

Derived terms

Affixations

• diletak
• meletakkan
• terletak (“located; situated”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: letak (inherited)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêtak/
• Hyphenation: le‧tak

Noun

lȅtak m inan (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

Further reading

• “letak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026