merenung

From meng- +‎ renung.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mərəˈnuŋ/ [mə.rəˈnuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: me‧re‧nung

mêrênung

1. (intransitive) to look out, to peep out (by craning the neck)
2. (intransitive) to stare at
3. (intransitive) to think, to ponder, to brood about something
4. (intransitive) to daydream

• Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎^[1], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 825
• “merenung”, 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

Affixation of me- +‎ renung.

• IPA^(key): /mərəˈnuŋ/ [mə.rəˈnuŋ]

merenung

1. to stare; to gaze; to look intently.

   Dia merenung ke arah laut tanpa berkata apa-apa. ― He stared at the sea without saying a word.

2. to reflect; to ponder; to contemplate deeply.

   Mereka duduk merenung tentang masa depan. ― They sat reflecting about the future.

• menatap
• memerhati

• "merenung" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017