tetek
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɛt̪ek̚]
- Hyphenation: tè‧tèk
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Compare French tette, Dutch tiet, German Zitze, English tit, also Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, Spanish and Portuguese teta. Possibly ultimately an expressive formation found in many languages.
Noun
tetek (plural tetek-tetek, first-person possessive tetekku, second-person possessive tetekmu, third-person possessive teteknya)
Alternative forms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from tetek bengek.
Noun
tetek (first-person possessive tetekku, second-person possessive tetekmu, third-person possessive teteknya)
- small or unimportant matters.
Further reading
- “tetek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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