utak-atik

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese othak-athik.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌutak ˈatik/ [ˌu.t̪ak̚ ˈa.t̪ɪk̚]
  • Rhymes: -atik
  • Syllabification: u‧tak-a‧tik

Verb

utak-atik (active mengutak-atik, passive diutak-atik)

  1. (transitive) to tinker (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)

References

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