mengabdi
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Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mengabdi (Jawi spelling مڠعبدي)
- (intransitive) To be a slave.
- Susulan perang itu, ramai orang dipaksa mengabdi di negara pihak pemenang.
- After the war, many people were forced to be slaves in the country of the victor.
- (intransitive, used with kepada) To serve.
- mengabdi kepada ibu pertiwi ― to serve the motherland
References
[edit]- “mengabdi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.