pantĕs

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably pa- +‎ tĕs, compare tĕtĕs (“penetrated, pierced”), tatas (“to reach the end, consummate, accomplished; to be the end, highest perfection; broken, snapped”) (compare Indonesian tetas (“to hatch”)), from Proto-Austronesian *-tes (“tear, rip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan.təs/

Adjective

pantĕs

1. fitting, appropriate
2. in accordance with all the rules

Derived terms

• amantĕsi (“to live up to, carry out; to do what is expected or right”)
• kapantĕs (“it is proper that”)
• kapantĕsan
• kinapantĕsakĕn (“to make fitting, becoming”)
• pantĕs-pantĕs
• pinantĕs (“completely right”)

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (pantes, “appropriate, deserving, suitable”)
  • → Indonesian: pantas (“worthy, appropriate, fit”) (semantic loan)
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: pantes (“worthy, appropriate, fit”)
• → Balinese: ᬧᬦ᭄ᬢᭂᬲ᭄ (pantes, “right, proper; handsome, polite, pleasant”)
  • → Sasak: pantəs (“proper, fit; appropriate”)
• → Malay: pantas (“quick, fast; skilled; experienced”)
  • > Indonesian: pantas (“deft; fast”) (inherited)
  • → Iban: pantas (“quick; sharp; attentive”)
  • → Malagasy: fantatra (“known; recognized”)
  • → Ngaju: pantas (“beautiful; well; graceful”)
  • → Tagalog: pantas (“sage; wise man; scholar”)
  • → Toba Batak: pantas (“ingenious, intelligent; prudent”)

Further reading

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[1], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC