mengarah
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation of meng + arah, from Malay mengarah.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈŋarah/ [məˈŋa.rah]
- Rhymes: -arah
- Syllabification: me‧nga‧rah
Verb
mêngarah
- (intransitive) to go [with ke ‘to’], to head [with ke ‘for’]
- (intransitive) to lead
- (intransitive) to lead [with pada ‘to’], to result [with pada ‘in’]
- Synonym: berbuntut
- (intransitive) to aim (at)
Further reading
- “mengarah”, 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
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /məˈŋarah/ [məˈŋa.rah]
- Rhymes: -ah
- Hyphenation: me‧nga‧rah
Preposition
mengarah (Jawi spelling مڠاره)
Verb
mengarah (Jawi spelling مڠاره)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: mengarah (inherited)
Further reading
- "mengarah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017