katakan

From kata +‎ -kan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtakan/ [kaˈt̪a.kan]
• Rhymes: -akan
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧kan

katakan (active mengatakan, passive dikatakan)

1. (transitive) to say

   Synonym: (informal) bilang

• “mengatakan”, 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

Affixation of kata +‎ -kan.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ka.tə.kan]
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [ka.ta.kan]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧kan

katakan (Jawi spelling کاتاکن)

1. Infinitive of mengatakan.

katakan (Jawi spelling کاتاکن)

1. Used to mention a hypothetical scenario; imagine, suppose.

   Katakan, kekayaan diagihkan secara adil dan saksama dan tiada sesiapa perlu kelaparan hanya untuk dapat membayar sewa rumah, itulah matlamat komunisme!

   Imagine, wealth is distributed fairly and equitably and no one has to go hungry just to be able to pay for their rent, that is the goal of communism!

2. (informal) Used to mention that the state seems as such; can be said to be.

   Synonyms: gamaknya, kiranya

• “katakan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017