tengadah

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təŋadah/
Rhymes: -adah, -dah, -ah

Verb

tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده‎)

to look up, to look upwards
Synonym: dongak

Antonym: tunduk

sudah terhantuk baru tengadah
closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
(literally, “looking up after the collision”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

menengadah [agent focus] (meN-)
menengadahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
ditengadahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
tertengadah [agentless action] (teR-)
bertengadah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

Indonesian: tengadah

Further reading

“tengadah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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