lengah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay léngah (“dawdle”). Semantic loan from Dutch onoplettend (“inattentive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛŋah/
• Rhymes: -ŋah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: lè‧ngah

Adjective

lèngah (comparative lebih lengah, superlative paling lengah)

1. inattentive

Derived terms

• berlengah-lengah
• kelengahan
• melengah
• melengah-lengah
• melengahkan
• memperlengah
• memperlengah-lengah
• memperlengah-lengahkan
• pelengah
• terlengah

Further reading

• “lengah”, 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