besar-besarkan
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixation of besar + -kan with reduplication at the base word.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]besar-besarkan (active membesar-besarkan, passive dibesar-besarkan)
- (transitive) to exaggerate (something)
Further reading
[edit]- “besar-besarkan” 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.