lekas
Esperanto edit
Verb edit
lekas
- present of leki
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lekas (“quick, quickly”), *-kas (“swift, agile, strong, energetic”).
Adverb edit
lêkas
- soon, quickly
- Jika kita melalui jalan ini, kita akan lekas sampai sana. ― If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
- Lekas sembuh! ― Get well soon!
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
lêkas
Further reading edit
- “lekas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lekas (“quick, quickly”), with the root *-kas (“swift, agile, strong, energetic”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
lekas (Jawi spelling لکس)
Affixations edit
Further reading edit
- “lekas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*lekas₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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Verb edit
lekas