mekar

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mekar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.kar/
  • Hyphenation: mê‧kar
  • Rhymes: -ar
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Verb

mekar (base form, active memekar, passive dimekar)

  1. to bloom; to decompose
    Synonym: kembang
    bunga itu memekar di taman yang dekat laut
    the flower blooms in a garden near a sea
  2. (figurative) to begin develop feelings (love, hate, etc)
  3. to become wider (size, crowd, goodness, etc.)
    Synonym: lebar
    peramaian di festival bertambah memekar
    the crowd at the festival is growing
  4. to become big and bloated (dough)
    Synonym: kekar
    adunan rotinya memekar
    the bread dough bloated
  5. to form a new region by splitting of existing region and retained it as a parent region

Alternative forms

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

Verb

mekar (Jawi spelling مکر)

  1. to bloom; to decompose (flowers)
    Synonym: kembang
    bunga itu mekar di taman berhampiran laut
    the flower blooms in a garden near the sea
  2. to develop feelings of love
    Synonym: cinta
  3. to harden (doughs)
    Synonym: kekar

Descendants

  • Indonesian: mekar

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

mekar

  1. present indicative of meka
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