tidak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tidak, from Classical Malay تيدق (tidak), from Old Malay tīda, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq. Cognate with tak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tidak/, [tidaʔ]

Adverb

tidak

  1. not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya tidak mau makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. not (To no degree)
    Buku itu tidak mahal.
    That book is not expensive.

Usage notes

Tidak is used to negate verbs and adjectives. For negating nouns and adverbs the word bukan must be used. This adverb also has the short form tak.

Synonyms


Malay

Etymology

Cognate with tak, dak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tidak/, [tidaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -idaʔ, -daʔ, -aʔ

Adverb

tidak (Jawi spelling تيدق)

  1. not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya tidak mahu makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. not (To no degree)
    Buku itu tidak mahal.
    That book is not expensive.

Usage notes

Tidak is used to negate verbs and adjectives. For negating nouns the word bukan must be used.

Synonyms

  • tak, tadak, ndak (Pontianak)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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