menelaah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay menelaah, from Classical Malay menelaah. Equivalent to meng- +‎ telaah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.nə.la.ʔah/
• Hyphenation: mê‧nê‧la‧ah

Verb

menelaah

1. (transitive) to study, to scrutinize, to examine (to look at minutely)

   Synonyms: mengkaji, menyelidiki

2. (transitive) to foretell, to prophesy (to predict, to tell the future before it occurs)

   Synonyms: menelah, meramal, menduga

Related terms

• penelaah
• penelaahan
• telaah
• telaahan

 

Further reading

• “menelaah” 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.