menguras
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈŋuras/ [məˈŋu.ras]
- Rhymes: -uras
- Syllabification: me‧ngu‧ras
Verb
menguras (active menguras, reflexive passive terkuras, ordinary passive dikuras, imperative kuras, emphatic-jussive kuraslah)
- to drain.
- to clean out.
- (military) to clear (out) (an area of enemy troops).
- to drain, to exhaust, (one's energy).
- to steal, to clean out.
- to extract. to elicit information from.
- to squander, to waste (money).
- to deplete
- to exhaust
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məŋˈuras/ [məŋˈu.ras]
- Rhymes: -uras
- Syllabification: meng‧u‧ras
Verb
menguras (active menguras, passive diuras, imperative uras, emphatic-jussive uraslah) (Minang)
- to be rubbed with ointment.
- to cure, to heal.
- Synonyms: mengobati, menyembuhkan
Verb
menguras (active menguras, passive diuras, imperative uras, emphatic-jussive uraslah) (Batak Karo)
- to wash the face using water mixed with kaffir lime to get rid of bad luck due to nightmare
- to bathe with a mixture of flower water and kaffir lime to heal from being possessed by spirit
Further reading
- “menguras”, 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