kontan
Antillean Creole edit
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kontan
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French content (“happy”).
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kontan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch contant (“cash”), from French comptant (“cash”), the present participle of compter from Middle French compter, respelling of Old French conter to reflect the etymology Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō.
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kontan
- cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.
- (colloquial) instant, a very short period of time; a moment.
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- “kontan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French content (“happy”).
Adjective edit
kontan
Verb edit
kontan (medial form kontan)
- To like; to be pleased by