lintas

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lintas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlintas/ [ˈlin̪.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -intas
• Syllabification: lin‧tas

Noun

lintas (plural lintas-lintas)

1. traject

   Synonym: trayek

2. route, path

   Synonyms: hala, jalur, rute

3. pass, cross

   Synonym: rentas

4. track

   Synonym: trek

Derived terms

• kelintasan
• lintasan
• melintas
• melintasi
• pelintas
• pelintasan
• perlintasan
• selintas
• terlintas

• lintas agama
• lintas akal
• lintas alam
• lintas benua
• lintas bintang
• lintas budaya
• lintas daerah
• lintas desa
• lintas galaksi
• lintas kepercayaan
• lintas komputer
• lintas kosmos
• lintas kota
• lintas lempeng
• lintas moda
• lintas muka
• lintas negara
• lintas politik
• lintas provinsi
• lintas sektoral

• lalu lintas

Further reading

• “lintas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Related to rentas, rantas and lantas. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

lintas (Jawi spelling لينتس)

1. to dash across
2. to pass by continuously
3. to cross over or go through something

   Synonym: rentas

4. to come to remember

Noun

lintas (Jawi spelling لينتس, plural lintas-lintas or lintas²)

1. traject, trajectory
2. a crossing on a road
3. pass, cross, route, path

   Synonyms: laluan, jalur

Preposition

lintas

1. spanning, across

   Synonyms: antar-, antara-, inter-, rentas, trans-

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• lintasan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pelintas [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pelintasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• selintas [immediacy / habitual] (se-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• lalu lintas
• lintas akal
• lintas alam
• lintas benua
• lintas bintang
• lintas budaya
• lintas daerah
• lintas desa

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “لنتس lintas”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 121
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “لنتس lintas”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 612
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “lintas”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 62-3

Further reading

• "lintas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017