ketiak

• ketek (colloquial, slang)

Inherited from Malay ketiak.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈtiak/ [kəˈt̪i.ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ke‧ti‧ak

ketiak (plural ketiak-ketiak) (anatomy)

1. armpit; underarm

   Baju ini sempit banget di bagian ketiak.

   This shirt is really tight in the armpit area.

• “ketiak”, 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

• tiak (colloquial, dialectal)
• ketek (colloquial, slang, Indonesia)

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /kəˈtjak/ [kəˈt̪jaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ke‧ti‧ak

ketiak (Jawi spelling کتياق, plural ketiak-ketiak or ketiak²) (anatomy)

1. armpit; underarm

   Cik Liow memakai deodoran pada ketiaknya agar tidak berbau masam.

   Miss Liow puts deodorant on her underarms so that they won't smell sour.

• > Indonesian: ketiak (inherited)

• "ketiak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017