agak-agak

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay agak-agak, a reduplication of agak (“to estimate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

agak-agak (invariable)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) To estimate or guess.
    • 1998 August 23, chong, “Tapai (fermented tapioca)”, in soc.culture.malaysia‎, retrieved 2018-09-05:
      I am only trying my very best to recall what my granny did.....not agak agak, best of luck!!
    • 1998, EyEwItNeSs, soc.culture.malaysia‎, retrieved 2018-09-05:
      We fail to estimate how many are present in a HUGE UM*NO roadshow...and we fail to agak-agak the number ppl in and outside of cars crying "repom" slogans on a NOT SO LONG road as Jalan TAR.
    • 1999, Adam Brown, Singapore English in a Nutshell‎, Singapore: Federal Publications, →ISBN, page 3:
      When cooking, for example, if asked how much sugar you put in, you could reply 'I just agak-agak.'
    • 2004, Uncle Yap, “Star: Damn chun blur sotong kena hantam kau kau”, in soc.culture.malaysia‎, retrieved 2018-09-05:
      "Don't agak agak or we may end up on the wrong road."
    • 2018, M. Bakri Musa, “Opening Minds Through Education”, in Seeing Malaysia My Way‎, retrieved 2018-09-05:
      Then we should ensure that they have the necessary quantitative skills so they could think with some degree of precision and not merely agak agak (wild guesses).

Adjective

agak-agak (not comparable)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) Involving guesswork.
    • 1972 March 12, Edgar Koh, “the Comedians”, in New Nation, page 7:
      A man who together with his partner - a few years and several hundred sketches ago - came out with the "agak agak" philosophy.
    • 1975 January 23, Betty L. Khoo, “When a man wears the apron and cooks to woo”, in New Nation, page 23:
      Instinct and a brash and breezy "agak agak" style is the way men occasional chefs, not professional ones cook.
    • 1991, Kok-Yong Tan, “Currency exchange rates (was Re: Working in Singapore)”, in soc.culture.asean‎, retrieved 2018-09-05:
      Yes, although I would like to think of it as "agak agak figures."
    • 2007, Sidney Cheung, Chee-Beng Tan, editors, Food and Foodways in Asia: Resource, Tradition and Cooking, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN:
      Kelly always said,'We Baba follow the agak-agak principle.'

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