tidak

From Malay tidak, from Classical Malay ⁧تيدق⁩ (tidak), from Old Malay tīda, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq. Cognate with tak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.dak/, [ˈtidaʔ]

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tidak

1. not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya tidak mau makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. not (To no degree)

   Buku itu tidak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Tidak is used to negate verbs and adjectives. For negating nouns and adverbs the word bukan must be used. This adverb also has the short form tak.

• enggak

From Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq. Cognate with tak, dak.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tīda).

• IPA^(key): /tidak/, [tidaʔ]
• Rhymes: -idaʔ, -daʔ, -aʔ

tidak (Jawi spelling ⁧تيدق⁩)

1. not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya tidak mahu makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. not (To no degree)

   Buku itu tidak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Tidak is used to negate verbs and adjectives. For negating nouns the word bukan must be used.

• tak, tadak, ndak (Pontianak), endah (Sarawak)

• tidak ada / tak ada / tiada

• bukan

• “tidak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.