singkat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay singkat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋ.kat̚/
• Rhymes: -kat̚
• Hyphenation: sing‧kat

Adjective

singkat (comparative lebih singkat, superlative paling singkat or tersingkat, equative sesingkat)

1. short

   Synonym: pendek

   1. having little duration or time
   2. taking few words
   3. having little ages
2. brief (taking few words)

Verb

singkat (active menyingkat, passive disingkat)

1. (transitive) to abbreviate; to abridge

   Synonyms: persingkat, singkatkan

   1. to make shorter; to shorten (in time); to shorten by ending sooner than planned
   2. to reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form

Derived terms

• pemersingkat
• penyingkat
• penyingkatan
• persingkat
• sesingkat-singkatnya
• singkatan
• singkatkan
• singkatnya

 

Further reading

• “singkat” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Compare Minangkabau singkek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋkat/ [ˈsiŋ.kat̪]

Adjective

singkat (Jawi spelling سيڠکت)

1. short; brief

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyingkatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• singkatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• kesingkatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• menyingkatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• disingkatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• tersingkat [agentless action] (teR-)
• mempersingkat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• dipersingkat [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: singkat

Further reading

• “singkat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.