mengakalkan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation akal + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məŋaˈkalkan/ [mə.ŋaˈkal.kan]
- Rhymes: -alkan
- Syllabification: me‧nga‧kal‧kan
Verb
mengakalkan (imperative akalkan, active mengakalkan, ordinary passive diakalkan)
- (transitive) to think up a plan, to work something out in one's mind
- Synonym: mengikhtiarkan
Further reading
- “mengakalkan” 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.