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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tengadah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈŋa.dah/,
- Hyphenation: tê‧nga‧dah
Verb
têngadah
- to look up, to look upward
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Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.
Pronunciation
Verb
tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده)
- to look up, to look upward
- Synonym: dongak
- Antonym: tunduk
sudah terhantuk baru tengadah- closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
- (literally, “looking up after the collision”)
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