setan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (sétan), from Arabic شَيْطَان‎ (šayṭān). Cognate of Malay syaitan, setan, Classical Malay شيطان‎ (syaitan), شيطان‎ (setan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛtan]
  • Hyphenation: sè‧tan

Noun

setan (plural setan-setan, first-person possessive setanku, second-person possessive setanmu, third-person possessive setannya)

  1. Satan
  2. devil, demon.
  3. (figurative, colloquial) devil: a wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way.

Interjection

setan

  1. (colloquial) Expressing anger.

Alternative forms
  • syaitan (nonstandard in Indonesian, standard in Standard Malay).

Derived terms
  • kesetanan
  • mempersetan
  • mempersetankan
  • menyetan
  • persetan
  • setan gundul

Further reading

West Makian

Etymology

From Indonesian setan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪e.t̪an̪/

Verb

setan

  1. (transitive) to scold, to be angry at or with
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Nimama dofono”:
      Amo sapma nimama desetan de?
      Then why did your mother get angry with me?

Conjugation
Conjugation of setan (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tesetan mesetan asetan
2nd person nesetan fesetan
3rd person inanimate isetan desetan
animate
imperative nesetan, setan fesetan, setan
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