entak

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qetak (“slam down, ram down”). Doublet of hentak and antak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əntaʔ/
• Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ

Verb

entak (Jawi spelling انتق)

1. (obsolete) to let something drop or fall on another, to put something down with force
2. (obsolete) to stamp down on something, to pound

Descendants

• Malay: rentak (by rebracketing)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “انتق ĕntak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 23
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “ĕntak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 307