tengadah

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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

  1. to look up, to look upward

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Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

Verb

tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده)

  1. 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”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tengadah

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