kontan
Antillean Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]kontan
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French content (“happy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kontan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch contant (“cash”), from French comptant (“cash”), the present participle of compter from Middle French compter, respelling of Old French conter to reflect the etymology Latin computāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kontan
- cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.
- (colloquial) instant, a very short period of time; a moment.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kontan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French content (“happy”).
Adjective
[edit]kontan
Verb
[edit]kontan (medial form kontan)
- To like; to be pleased by
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