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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed meng- + angkat. Doublet of mangkat.
Pronunciation
Verb
mengangkat (passive diangkat)
- to raise
- Synonyms: menaikan, meninggikan
- to remove
- Synonym: membawa pergi
- to take
- to appoint
- Synonyms: menunjuk, menetapkan
- to adopt
- Synonym: mengadopsi
- (colloquial) to arrest, to detain
- Synonym: menangkap
- to answer a telephone; to pick up.
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