kontan
Antillean Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]kontan
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French content (“happy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kontan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch contant (“cash”), from French comptant (“cash”), the present participle of compter from Middle French compter, respelling of Old French conter to reflect the etymology Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kontan
- cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.
- (colloquial) instant, a very short period of time; a moment.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kontan” 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.
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French content (“happy”).
Adjective
[edit]kontan
Verb
[edit]kontan (medial form kontan)
- To like; to be pleased by
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