mentah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mentah, from Proto-Malayic *məntah (compare Malay mentah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (compare Chamorro mata', Gilbertese mata, Hawaiian maka, Malagasy manta, Maori mata).

Adjective

mentah

uncooked
(of fruit) unripe

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (~ *mətaq), compare Old Javanese mĕtah.

Adjective

mentah

raw

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *məntah (compare Indonesian mentah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (compare Chamorro mata', Gilbertese mata, Hawaiian maka, Malagasy manta, Maori mata).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məntah/
Rhymes: -əntah, -tah, -ah

Adjective

mentah (Jawi spelling منته‎)

raw (uncooked)

Further reading

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

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