cegah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cegah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈɡah/ [t͡ʃəˈɡah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: ce‧gah

Verb

cêgah

1. to prevent
2. (immigration) to restrict travelling abroad

Derived terms

• cegahan
• dicegah
• mencegah
• pencegah
• pencegahan
• tercegah

• cegah dan tangkal
• cegah siar

Further reading

• “cegah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016