desak
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay desak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəsək.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /dəˈsak/ [dəˈsak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: de‧sak
Verb
desak
- to urge
Derived terms
- berdesak
- berdesak-desakan
- berdesakan
- desak-desakan
- desakan
- keterdesakan
- mendesak
- mendesak-desak
- mendesaki
- mendesakkan
- pedesak
- pendesakan
- semendesak
- terdesak
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /dəˈsak/ [dəˈsak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: de‧sak
Verb
desak (uncountable)
- the sound of crumpling paper
Derived terms
- berdesak
- mendesak
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdesak/ [ˈde.sak̚]
- Rhymes: -esak
- Syllabification: de‧sak
Verb
desak (uncountable)
- title of women of certain noble classes in Bali
Further reading
- “desak”, 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
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəsək.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəˈsak/ [dəˈsaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Hyphenation: de‧sak
Verb
desak (Jawi spelling دسق)
Derived terms
Affixations
- berdesak
- berdesak-desak
- berdesak-desakan
- berdesakan
- desak-desakan
- desakan
- didesak
- didesak-desak
- didesak-desaki
- didesak-desakkan
- didesaki
- didesakkan
- keterdesakan
- mendesak
- mendesak-desak
- mendesak-desaki
- mendesak-desakkan
- mendesaki
- mendesakkan
- pedesak
- pendesak
- pendesakan
- terdesak
Descendants
- > Indonesian: desak (inherited)
Further reading
- “desak”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017