mengantuk
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈŋantuk/ [məˈŋan̪.t̪ʊk̚]
- Rhymes: -antuk
- Syllabification: me‧ngan‧tuk
Etymology 1
Verb
mengantuk (active mengantuk, reflexive passive terantuk, ordinary passive diantuk, imperative antuk, emphatic-jussive antuklah)
Etymology 2
From meng- + antuk. (The base later re-interpreted as meng + kantuk).
Verb
mengantuk (active mengantuk)
- to be sleepy
Adjective
mêngantuk
Further reading
- “mengantuk”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of meng- + kantuk.
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /məˈŋantok/ [məˈŋan̪.t̪oʔ]
- (Baku) IPA(key): /məˈŋantuk/ [məˈŋan̪.t̪uʔ]
- Hyphenation: me‧ngan‧tuk
Adjective
mengantuk (Jawi spelling مڠنتوق, comparative lebih mengantuk, superlative paling mengantuk)
Alternative forms
- ngantuk (informal)
Further reading
- "mengantuk" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017