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otak

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See also: õtak

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay otak, from utak, from Proto-Malayic *utək, *utak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək, *qutak. Doublet of botak and kotak. Compare Tagalog utak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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otak (plural otak-otak)

  1. brain
    1. (anatomy) The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action
    2. (figurative) mind
      Synonyms: benak, pikiran
    3. (figurative) intellect, intelligence
  2. (figurative) mastermind
    Synonyms: biang keladi, gembong, tokoh

Conjugation

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Conjugation of otak (ber-, intransitive)
root otak
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative berotak
accusative / dative / locative mengotaki diotaki otaki otakilah
perfective causative / applicative2
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

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Further reading

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Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔotak/ [ˈʔoː.tʌk̠̚]
  • Rhymes: -otak
  • Syllabification: o‧tak

Noun

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ótak (anatomy)

  1. (Buguias) Alternative spelling of otek

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From utak, from Proto-Malayic *hutək, *utək, *utak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək, *qutak. Doublet of botak and kotak. Compare Tagalog utak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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otak (Jawi spelling اوتق, plural otak-otak)

  1. (anatomy) brain (organ)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: otak (inherited)
  • English: otak-otak (via the plural otak-otak)
  • Javanese: utak (via the obsolete utak)

See also

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References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اوتق otak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 29
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اوتق otak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 53
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “otak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 188

Further reading

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From ot (then) + the intensifying suffix -k(ä).

Adverb

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otak

  1. then (both meaning "at that time" and "therefore")