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dekat.

close (at a short distance)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/dəˈkat/Standard-Indonesian[dəˈkat̪̚]Standard-Indonesian/ˈdekat/Eastern[ˈde.kat̪̚]Eastern

  1. close (at a short distance)

    Desanya dekat pantai.

  2. almost

    Sudah dekat malam.

  3. near

  4. close, intimate

    Mereka sabahat dekat.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dekat, from Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dəkət.

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