tetak

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tətək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“chopping to pieces, cutting up”).

Verb

tetak

1. to cut up

Derived terms

• ditetak
• netak
• penetak

References

• Scott, N. C. (1956), A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈtaʔ/ [t̪əˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: te‧tak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tetak, from Proto-Malayic *tətək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“chopping to pieces, cutting up”).

Verb

têtak

1. to gash; to slash; to cut

   Synonym: potong

Derived terms

• bertetak
• bertetakan
• ditetak
• ditetaki
• ditetakkan
• menetak
• menetaki
• menetakkan
• penetak
• penetakan
• tertetak
• tetak-menetak
• tetakan
• tetaki
• tetakkan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦼꦠꦏ꧀ (tetak).

Verb

têtak

1. (dialectal, Java) to be circumcised

Etymology 3

Semantic loan from Minangkabau tatok. Doublet of tetap.

Verb

têtak

1. (dialectal) to decide; to fix; to set

Derived terms

• menetak

Further reading

• “tetak”, 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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tətək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“chopping to pieces, cutting up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈtak/ [t̪əˈt̪aʔ]

Verb

tetak (Jawi spelling تتق)

1. to chop; to slash; to hack; to notch

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• tetakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• penetakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tetakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• tetakkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• tetaki [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• menetak [agent focus] (meN-)
• menetakkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menetaki [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditetak [patient focus] (di-)
• ditetakkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditetaki [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertetak [agentless action] (teR-)
• bertetak [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bertetakan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tetak-menetak

Descendants

• Indonesian: tetak

Further reading

• "tetak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tetak" at PRPM first version)

Sarawak Malay

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.taʔ/

Verb

tetak

1. (intransitive) to laugh

   Lawak gilak ka sampe sik berhenti nya tetak?

   Is it so funny until he/she couldn't stop laughing?

2. (transitive) to laugh at

   Jaik na kau tetakkan nya!

   You're so horrible for laughing at him/her!

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tətək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“chopping to pieces, cutting up”)

Alternative forms

• tatak
• natak (with N-prefix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.tak̚/
• (with N- prefix) IPA^(key): /nə.tak̚/

Verb

tetak

1. to chop; to slash; to hack; to notch

   Mun tangkap ular ya, tetak jak palak nya terus.

   If you manage to capture that snake, just lop its head straight off.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tétak m anim (Cyrillic spelling те́так)

1. uncle (father's or mother's brother-in-law)

Declension

Declension of tetak

	singular	plural
nominative	tétak	téci
genitive	tétka	tȇtākā
dative	tétku	técima
accusative	tétka	tétke
vocative	tȇče	tȇci
locative	tétku	técima
instrumental	tétkom	técima