meninggal
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- meninggoy (slang, somewhat humorous)
Etymology
Affixation of tinggal (“to be left”) + meng-, literally “to leave one's own physical body in the world”. Inherited from Malay meninggal.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈniŋɡal/ [məˈniŋ.ɡal]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iŋɡal
- Syllabification: me‧ning‧gal
Verb
mêninggal (intransitive)
Derived terms
Compounds
Adjective
meninggal (not comparable) (uncommon)
Further reading
- “meninggal”, 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- + tinggal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mə.niŋ.ɡal/
Verb
meninggal
- to die; to pass away.
- Datuk saya telah meninggal dunia semalam. ― My grandfather passed away yesterday.
- (figurative, less common) to depart; to leave (permanently).
- Dia telah meninggal kampung halaman untuk menetap di bandar. ― He has left his hometown to live in the city.
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Further reading
- "meninggal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017