An indefinitely short time
English: moment, mo, minute, second, bit
Bahasa: saat, waktu, ketika, masa, apabila, sebentar, detik, sejenak
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seketikaBahasa Indonesia
New York minute, awhile, bit, blink of an eye, ephemeral
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#5,292 of the corpus · 16.7 per million words · 71,209 occurrences
From ketika (se-) · essential, #80
Noun
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
English: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
Bahasa: ketika, sebentar, sejenak, sekejap, debaran
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Adjective
Lasting for a markedly brief time
English: fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
Bahasa: sementara, sebentar, sesaat, sejenak, sekilas, sekejap, pelarian, selayang pandang
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Lasting a very short time
English: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious
Bahasa: sementara, sebentar, sekejap
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Adverb
For a short time
English: awhile, for a while
Bahasa: sementara, sebentar, sekejap, sejurus, sejemang
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At any moment
English: momentarily, momently
Bahasa: sejenak
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