# dekat
## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

dekat
* rice cake

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay dekat, from Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dəkət.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəˈkat/
* (Sumba) IPA: [ˈdekat]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -əkat, -kat, -at

### Adjective

dekat
* close (at a short distance)
    Antonym: jauh
    Desanya dekat pantai. ― The village is close to the beach.
* almost
    Synonym: hampir
    Sudah dekat malam. ― It's almost nighttime.
* near
* close, intimate
    Mereka sabahat dekat. ― They're close friends.

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /dəˈkat/ [dɨˈk̠ʌt̚]
* Rhymes: -at
* Syllabification: de‧kat

### Noun

dëkát
* a wedding invitation

#### References

* Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎ (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 2024-09-25, page 27

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* kat (informal, slang, preposition)
* dkt, kt (SMS slang)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian *dekeC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [də.kat]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -kat, -at
* Hyphenation: de‧kat

### Adjective

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)
* Near, close.
** Located near or close.
    Antonym: jauh
    Ada satu cawangan McDonald's yang agak dekat dengan tempat ini.There's one McDonald's branch that is quite close to this place.
** Happening soon.
    Masa ujian matematik sudah dekat.The time for the mathematics test is near.
** (figurative) Acquainted; being close friends.
    Synonyms: akrab, rapat, karib
    Dia dekat dengan jiran-jirannya.He is close to his neighbours.

### Adverb

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)
* Almost, nearly.
    Synonym: hampir
    Aku tidur dekat sejam saja malam semalam.I slept for almost only one hour last night.

### Preposition

dekat (Jawi spelling دکت)
* (informal) At, in, on:
** Within or nearing a location.
    Synonym: di
    Saya beli buku ni dekat kedai tu.I bought this book at that shop.
* To, at, towards:
** In the direction of (used with animate and abstract objects).
    Synonyms: pada, ke, kepada
    Adam baling bola tu dekat ayam tu.Adam threw that ball at that chicken.
** Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
    Synonyms: pada, terhadap, akan, kepada
    Jangan marah dekat adik-beradik kamu.Don't be angry at your siblings.
* (informal, dialectal) For:
** For the benefit of.
    Synonyms: untuk, demi
    Tuangkan air dekat Adam.Pour some water for Adam.

### Derived terms

* berdekatan
* dekat-dekat
* dekati
* dekatkan
* kedekatan
* mendekat
* pendekatan
* perdekat
* terdekat

### Further reading

* “dekat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dekeC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Semai
### Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkat (“cold”).

### Adjective

dekat
* feverish

### Verb

dekat
* to catch cold

### References

* ↑ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

## Yogad
### Noun

dekat
* a kind of rice cake made from sweet rice or corn