mengangkat
Indonesian
editEtymology
editAffixed meng- + angkat. Doublet of mangkat.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmengangkat (passive diangkat)
- to raise
- Synonyms: menaikan, meninggikan
- to remove
- to take
- to appoint
- Synonyms: menunjuk, menetapkan
- to adopt
- Synonym: mengadopsi
- (colloquial) to arrest, to detain
- Synonym: menangkap
- to answer a telephone; to pick up.
Further reading
edit- “mengangkat” 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.