datang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• dateng (informal)

Etymology

From Malay datang, from Classical Malay داتڠ (datang, “come”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdataŋ/ [ˈda.t̪aŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: da‧tang

Verb

datang (intransitive, does not take voice prefixes)

1. to come

   Kami datang ke toko ini untuk membeli buku pembelajaran.

   We came to this shop to buy learning books.

2. to arrive

   Synonym: tiba

   Dia nanti datang setelah sore. ― He will arrive later in the afternoon.

Usage notes

• Used in the greeting selamat datang (“welcome”).
• Colloquially and dialectally, datang can be used as a transitive verb by means of leaving out the preposition ke (“to”):

Kapan datang Jakarta? - When do [you] come [to] Jakarta?

Conjugation

Conjugation of datang (meng-, intransitive)

root	datang
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mendatang	terdatang	didatang	datang	datanglah
accusative / dative / locative	mendatangi	terdatangi	didatangi	datangi	datangilah
perfective causative / applicative2	mendatangkan	terdatangkan	didatangkan	datangkan	datangkanlah
	causative
nominative	memperdatang	terperdatang	diperdatang	perdatang	perdatanglah
accusative / dative / locative	memperdatangi	terperdatangi	diperdatangi	perdatangi	perdatangilah
perfective causative / applicative2	memperdatangkan	terperdatangkan	diperdatangkan	perdatangkan	perdatangkanlah

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berdatang
• berdatangan
• datang-datang
• datang-mendatangi
• kedatangan
• mendatang
• mendatangi
• mendatangkan
• pendatang
• pendatangan

Further reading

• “datang” 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.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ.

Verb

datang

1. to come

Malay

Alternative forms

• dtg (SMS slang)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ. Compare with Tagalog dating (“arrival”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (dātaṃ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdataŋ/ [ˈda.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ

Verb

datang (Jawi spelling داتڠ)

1. (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

   Synonym: mari

   Antonym: pergi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pendatang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• kedatangan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• datang-datang [reduplication] (redup)
• datangkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• mendatang [agent focus] (meN-)
• mendatangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mendatangi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• didatang [patient focus] (di-)
• didatangkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• didatangi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terdatang [agentless action] (teR-)
• berdatangan [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)

• selamat datang

Derived terms

• berdatang
• berdatangan
• datang-datang
• datang-mendatangi
• kedatangan
• mendatang
• mendatangi
• mendatangkan
• pendatang
• pendatangan

Descendants

• Indonesian: datang

Further reading

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