bikin-bikin

Betawi

Etymology

Reduplication of bikin (“to make”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bikin bikin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Hyphenation: bi‧kin-bi‧kin

Adjective

bikin-bikin

  1. made-up (invented or fabricated)

Verb

bikin-bikin

  1. to pretend
    Synonyms: belaga', pora-pora
    • 1885 [1851], K. F. Holle & A. W. Holle, translated by A. F. von de Wall, Dongeng monjet dengen koera-koera [The fable of monkey and turtle]‎[1], Batavia: G. Kolff & Co., translation of Tjarita koera-koera djeng monjet (in Sundanese), page 21:
      ... dija paranin si Koera-koera, sambil dija bikin-bikin kaja orang kegirangan ketemoe dengen sobat lama, ...
      [... dia paranin si Kura-Kura, sambil dia bikin-bikin kaya orang kegirangan ketemu dengen sobat lama, ...]
      ... he approached the Turtle, while pretending to be someone thrilled to meet an old friend, ...
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