pengacau

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ kacau, inherited from Malay pengacau (“agitator, troublemaker; mixer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈŋat͡ʃau̯/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃau̯, -au̯, -u
• Hyphenation: pê‧nga‧cau

Noun

pêngacau (plural pengacau-pengacau, first-person possessive pengacauku, second-person possessive pengacaumu, third-person possessive pengacaunya)

1. agitator, troublemaker

Further reading

• “pengacau” 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.