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hantar.

to carry, conduct (to serve as a medium for conveying)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈhantar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈhan̪.t̪ar]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to carry, conduct (to serve as a medium for conveying)

  2. to lay down (to place on the ground)

    dialectal
  3. to scatter (to distribute loosely)

    dialectal
  4. synonym of antar (“to deliver; to escort, usher”)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay hantar, from Proto-Malayic *hantar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hatəD, from Proto-Austronesian *SatəD. Doublet of lantar. False cognate of Sanskrit हन्तृ (hantṛ, “killer, slayer, murder”). Not related to antara.

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