sok-sokan

Indonesian

Etymology

From sok +‎ -an with the base word reduplicated.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔʔˈsɔʔan/
  • Hyphenation: sok‧sok‧an

Adjective

sok-sokan

  1. (colloquial, dialectal, especially Jakarta) pretentious
    Lu jangan sok-sokan bisa ngelawan gue!
    Don't pretend you can fight me!
    (literally, “Don't you be pretentious that you can fight me!”)

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