gereget
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese greget (“a strong urge, intensity of feeling”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡərəˈɡət/ [ɡə.rəˈɡət̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ət
- Syllabification: ge‧re‧get
Noun
gereget (plural gereget-gereget)
- a strong urge
Derived terms
- geregetan
- gregetan
Further reading
- “gereget”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016