sentakan

Malay

Etymology

From sentak +‎ -an.

Noun

sentakan (Jawi spelling سنتقن, plural sentakan-sentakan, informal 1st possessive sentakanku, 2nd possessive sentakanmu, 3rd possessive sentakannya)

1. (physics) jerk
2. recoil

Further reading

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