seret

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -rɛt, -rət

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay seret (“to drag”) (compare Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “drag”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.rɛt/
• Hyphenation: se‧ret

Verb

seret

1. to drag

Derived terms

• diseret
• diseret-seret
• menyeret
• menyeret-nyeret
• penyeret
• penyeretan
• terseret

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “narrow undyed strip at the edge of a piece of batik fabric”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.rɛt/
• Hyphenation: se‧ret

Adjective

seret

1. (dialect, Java) stripped: made of strips.

   Synonym: loreng

Noun

seret (first-person possessive seretku, second-person possessive seretmu, third-person possessive seretnya)

1. (dialect, Java) edge of cloth

   Synonym: pinggiran

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀ (seret, “choked; tight”) (compare Malay serat), from Old Javanese srĕt (“faltering”). Doublet of serat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈrət/
• Hyphenation: sê‧rêt

Adjective

sêrêt

1. (dialect, Java) stiff; jammed.
2. (dialect, Java) hoarse (of voice).
3. (dialect, Java) slow, sluggish
4. (dialect, Java) blocked

Alternative forms

• serat

Further reading

• “seret” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

seret

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀
2. Nonstandard form of sèrèt. Romanization of ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀.

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb serō (“I sow or plant”).

Verb

seret

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb serō (“I join or weave”).

Verb

seret

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serō

Etymology 3

Form of the verb serō (“I fasten”).

Verb

seret

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of serō