teriak

Inherited from Malay teriak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iak (“to cry out”) with prefix ter-.

• IPA^(key): /təˈri.aʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: tê‧ri‧ak

têriak

1. scream

   Synonyms: teriakan, jerit, jeritan

   1. a loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound
   2. a loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear
2. shout (a loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort)

   Synonym: teriakan

• “teriak” 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.

• (obsolete) tyriak

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin thēriaca. Doublet of driakiew.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.rjak/
• Rhymes: -ɛrjak
• Syllabification: te‧riak

teriak m inan

1. (historical medicine) theriac (universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate)

   Synonym: (obsolete) driakiew

• teriak in Polish dictionaries at PWN