teliti

See also: Teliti

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay teliti. Equivalent to titi +‎ -el-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈliti/ [t̪əˈli.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: te‧li‧ti

Adjective

têliti (comparative lebih teliti, superlative paling teliti, equative seteliti)

1. thorough (painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail)
2. conscientious (thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance)

Verb

têliti (active meneliti, passive diteliti)

1. (transitive) to research (to search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently)
2. (only conjugated with "meng-", intransitive) to research (to make an extensive investigation into)

Derived terms

• ketelitian
• peneliti
• penelitian

Further reading

• “teliti”, 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