tengadah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tengadah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈŋa.dah/, [t̪əˈŋa.dah]
• Hyphenation: tê‧nga‧dah

Verb

têngadah

1. to look up, to look upward

Derived terms

• menengadah
• menengadahkan

 

Further reading

• “tengadah” 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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈŋadah/ [t̪əˈŋa.dah]
• Rhymes: -adah, -dah, -ah

Verb

tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده)

1. to look up, to look upward

   Synonym: dongak

   Antonym: tunduk

   sudah terhantuk baru tengadah

   closing the stable door after the horse has bolted

   (literally, “looking up after the collision”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menengadah [agent focus] (meN-)
• menengadahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• ditengadahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• tertengadah [agentless action] (teR-)
• bertengadah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tengadah

Further reading

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