pantĕs

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably pa- +‎ tĕs, compare tĕtĕs (“penetrated, pierced”), tatas (“to reach the end, consummate, accomplished; to be the end, highest perfection; broken, snapped”) (compare Indonesian tetas (“to hatch”)), from Proto-Austronesian *-tes (“tear, rip”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pan.təs/

Adjective

pantĕs

fitting, appropriate
in accordance with all the rules

Derived terms

amantĕsi (“to live up to, carry out; to do what is expected or right”)
kapantĕs (“it is proper that”)
kapantĕsan
kinapantĕsakĕn (“to make fitting, becoming”)
pantĕs-pantĕs
pinantĕs (“completely right”)

Descendants

Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (pantes, “appropriate, deserving, suitable”)
- → Indonesian: pantas (“worthy, appropriate, fit”) (semantic loan)
- → Peranakan Indonesian: pantes (“worthy, appropriate, fit”)
→ Balinese: ᬧᬦ᭄ᬢᭂᬲ᭄ (pantes, “right, proper; handsome, polite, pleasant”)
- → Sasak: pantəs (“proper, fit; appropriate”)
→ Malay: pantas (“quick, fast; skilled; experienced”)
- > Indonesian: pantas (“deft; fast”) (inherited)
- → Iban: pantas (“quick; sharp; attentive”)
- → Malagasy: fantatra (“known; recognized”)
- → Ngaju: pantas (“beautiful; well; graceful”)
- → Tagalog: pantas (“sage; wise man; scholar”)
- → Toba Batak: pantas (“ingenious, intelligent; prudent”)