kecepatan
Indonesian
Etymology
- Inherited from Malay kecepatan. By surface analysis, cepat + ke- -an.
- The sense of too fast is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦕꦼꦥꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (kacepetan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kət͡ʃəˈpatan/ [kə.t͡ʃəˈpa.t̪an]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atan
- Syllabification: ke‧ce‧pa‧tan
Noun
kêcêpatan (plural kecepatan-kecepatan)
- speed:
- the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion
- (common, proscribed in scientific usage) the rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time
- Synonym: kelajuan
- (mechanics) velocity: a vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component
Derived terms
Compounds
- batas kecepatan
- kecepatan denyut
- kecepatan garis
- kecepatan gesek
- kecepatan lepas
- kecepatan olak
- kecepatan pemroresan komputer
- kecepatan prosesor
- kecepatan saluran
- kecepatan tinggi
- kecepatan vektor
Adjective
kêcêpatan (comparative lebih kecepatan, superlative paling kecepatan)
- (colloquial) too early
Further reading
- “kecepatan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of cepat + ke- -an.
Pronunciation
- (Baku) IPA(key): /kət͡ʃəˈpatan/ [kə.t͡ʃəˈpa.t̪an]
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /kət͡ʃəˈpatan/ [kə.t͡ʃəˈpa(t̪̚).t̪an]
- Hyphenation: ke‧ce‧pa‧tan
Noun
kecepatan (Jawi spelling کچڤتن, plural kecepatan-kecepatan or kecepatan2)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: kecepatan (inherited)
Further reading
- "kecepatan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017