memakan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈmakan/ [məˈma.kan]
  • Rhymes: -akan
  • Syllabification: me‧ma‧kan

Verb

mêmakan

  1. active of makan

Malay

Etymology 1

From meng- +‎ makan

Verb

memakan

  1. active of makan

Etymology 2

Partial reduplication of makan,[1] or contraction of makan-makan

Noun

memakan

  1. alternative form of makan-makan

Verb

memakan

  1. alternative form of makan-makan

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA[1], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29

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