sekitar

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed se- +‎ kitar, from Malay sekitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkitar]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ki‧tar

Preposition

sêkitar

1. around
2. roughly, about (in giving numbers)

   sekitar seratus ― roughly one hundred

Noun

sêkitar (first-person possessive sekitarku, second-person possessive sekitarmu, third-person possessive sekitarnya)

1. vicinity

   Synonym: sekeliling

Further reading

• “sekitar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.