mencoloki
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mənt͡ʃoˈloki/ [məɲ.t͡ʃoˈlo.ki]
- Rhymes: -oki
- Syllabification: men‧co‧lo‧ki
Etymology 1
Affixation of colok + meng- -i.
Verb
mencoloki (active mencoloki, reflexive passive tercoloki, ordinary passive dicoloki, imperative coloki, emphatic-jussive colokilah)
- synonym of mencolok (“to torch”)
Etymology 2
Affixation of colok + meng- -i.
Verb
mencoloki (active mencoloki, reflexive passive tercoloki, ordinary passive dicoloki, imperative coloki, emphatic-jussive colokilah)
- (transitive) to plug (to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole)
- (transitive) to pierce (to penetrate)
Further reading
- “mencoloki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.