singkat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay singkat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋkat/ [ˈsiŋ.kat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -iŋkat
• Syllabification: 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

• mempersingkat
• menyingkat
• menyingkatkan
• pemersingkat
• penyingkat
• penyingkatan
• persingkat
• sesingkat-singkatnya
• singkatan
• singkatkan
• singkatnya

Further reading

• “singkat”, 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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋkat/ [ˈsiŋ.kat̪̚]

Adjective

singkat (Jawi spelling سيڠکت, comparative lebih singkat, superlative paling singkat)

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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017