mengacau
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mêngacau
Etymology 2 edit
Affixed meng- + kacau, from Malay mengacau.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mêngacau
- to stir:
Further reading edit
- “mengacau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
meN- + kacau (“confused; disorderly”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /mə.ŋa.t͡ʃau̯/
- Rhymes: -t͡ʃau̯, -au̯
Verb edit
mengacau (Jawi spelling مڠاچاو, transitive)
- to stir a mixture until its composition becomes even
- Kami bergilir-gilir mengacau dodol selama lapan jam.
- We took turns to stir the dodol for eight hours.
- (figurative) to disturb; to agitate; to stir
Synonyms edit
- (to stir): menggaul, mengaduk, membancuh
- (to disturb): mengganggu
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: mengacau