mekar
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mekar (base form, active memekar, passive dimekar)
- to bloom; to decompose
- Synonym: kembang
- bunga itu memekar di taman yang dekat dengan laut
- the flower blooms in a garden near the sea
- (figurative) to begin develop feelings (love, hate, etc)
- to become wider (size, crowd, goodness, etc.)
- Synonym: lebar
- peramaian di festival bertambah memekar
- the crowd at the festival is growing
- to become big and bloated (dough)
- Synonym: kekar
- adunan rotinya memekar
- the bread dough bloated
- to form a new region by splitting of existing region and retained it as a parent region
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “mekar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mekar (Jawi spelling مکر)
- to bloom; to decompose (flowers)
- Synonym: kembang
- bunga itu mekar di taman berhampiran laut
- the flower blooms in a garden near the sea
- to develop feelings of love
- Synonym: cinta
- to harden (doughs)
- Synonym: kekar
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: mekar
Further reading edit
- “mekar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Swedish edit
Verb edit
mekar