kitar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkitar]
Hyphenation: ki‧tar

Etymology 1

Affixed ke- +‎ edar, from Malay kitar. Compare Old Javanese kedĕr (“turned round; overturned; wandering, spinning”).

Verb

kitar (base-imperative-colloquial)

to rotate, to turn around.
Synonyms: edar, keliling, pusing, putar

Noun

kitar (first-person possessive kitarku, second-person possessive kitarmu, third-person possessive kitarnya)

(transport) cycle: the number of activities that can be carried out by a means of transportation from one starting point per unit time.

Alternative forms

kintar

Derived terms

berkitar
kitaran
mengitar
mengitari
mengitarkan
mengitar-ngitar
pengitaran
perkitaran
sekitar
terkitar-kitar

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau kitar.

Verb

kitar (base-imperative-colloquial)

(dialect) to push (aside).
Synonyms: desak, tolak

Derived terms

memperkitarkan
mengitarkan

Further reading

“kitar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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