mengacau
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Affixed meng- + acau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məŋˈat͡ʃau̯]
- Hyphenation: mêng‧acau
Verb
mêngacau
- to be delirious
- Synonym: mengigau
Etymology 2
Affixed meng- + kacau, from Malay mengacau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məˈŋat͡ʃau̯]
- Hyphenation: mê‧nga‧cau
Verb
mêngacau
- to stir:
- to incite to action
- (dialect) to disturb the relative position of the particles of, a liquid of suchlike, by passing something through it
- Synonym: mengaduk
Further reading
- “mengacau” 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.
Malay
Etymology
meN- + kacau (“confused; disorderly”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /mə.ŋa.t͡ʃau̯/
- Rhymes: -t͡ʃau̯, -au̯
Verb
mengacau (Jawi spelling مڠاچاو, transitive)
- to stir a mixture until its composition becomes even
- Kami bergilir-gilir mengacau dodol selama lapan jam.
- We took turns to stir the dodol for eight hours.
- (figurative) to disturb; to agitate; to stir
Synonyms
- (to stir): menggaul, mengaduk, membancuh
- (to disturb): mengganggu
Descendants
- Indonesian: mengacau