ketam

• IPA^(key): /kətam/
• Rhymes: -am

ketam

1. crab

From Malay ketam, from Austroasiatic Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam (“crab”) (whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).

• IPA^(key): [kəˈtam]
• Hyphenation: kê‧tam

kêtam (first-person possessive ketamku, second-person possessive ketammu, third-person possessive ketamnya)

1. crab

   Synonym: kepiting

2. crab-like nip

   Synonyms: ani-ani, tuai

3. carpenter's plane.

   Synonym: serut

kêtam

1. tightly closed.

kêtam

1. to trim.

   Synonyms: kerat, potong

2. to shrink gradually.

• “ketam” 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.

From Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam (“crab”) (whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).

• IPA^(key): /kətam/
• Rhymes: -am

ketam (Jawi spelling کتم, plural ketam-ketam, informal 1st possessive ketamku, 2nd possessive ketammu, 3rd possessive ketamnya)

1. crab

• → Indonesian: ketam
• → Tagalog: katang

• “ketam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.