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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qantəm (“beat, thrash”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hentam (Jawi spelling هنتم)
- to hit hard
Alex menghentam bantalnya untuk melepaskan perasaan geramnya.- Alex is hitting his pillow to release his anger.
- to collide with an object with strong force
Kereta itu terhentam dengan lori yang jauh lebih besar daripadanya.- That car collided with a lorry that is way bigger than itself.
- to do a task without thinking about the consequences
Haikal menghentam sahaja menjawab soalan peperiksaan.- Haikal just answered the questions in the exam without much thought.
References
Slovak
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hentam
- (colloquial) over there
- Synonyms: tamto, tamhľa
Further reading
- “hentam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024