tidak

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈti.dak/, [ˈtidaʔ]
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Adverb

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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

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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.

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq. Cognate with tak, dak.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tīda).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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