tengadah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tengadah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈŋa.dah/, [t̪əˈŋa.dah]
  • Hyphenation: tê‧nga‧dah

Verb

têngadah

  1. to look up, to look upward

Derived terms

  • menengadah
  • menengadahkan

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈŋadah/ [t̪əˈŋa.dah]
  • Rhymes: -adah, -dah, -ah

Verb

tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده)

  1. to look up, to look upward
    Synonym: dongak
    Antonym: tunduk
    sudah terhantuk baru tengadah
    closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
    (literally, “looking up after the collision”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • menengadah [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menengadahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • ditengadahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • tertengadah [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bertengadah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tengadah

Further reading

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