ketuk

Affixation of ke- +‎ tuk (“knock”).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -tʊʔ
• Hyphenation: kě‧túk

kêtuk (active mengetuk, passive diketuk)

1. (transitive) to knock (to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood)

   Aku telah mengetuk pintunya dengan kuat, tapi masih belum terdengar oleh orang rumah.

   I have knocked hard on the door, but the people in the house still couldn't hear it.

kêtuk (uncommon)

1. synonym of ketukan (“knock; knocking”)

Onomatopoeic.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈtuk/ [kəˈt̪ʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ke‧tuk

ketuk (plural ketuk-ketuk)

1. cluck (when brooding)

ketuk (plural ketuk-ketuk)

1. (music) Javanese gamelan musical instrument, shaped like a bonang, but flatter and with lower walls than a kenong, functions as a stress giver in gamelan music

ketuk (plural ketuk-ketuk)

1. (music) big drum

   Synonym: beduk

• “ketuk”, 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