mengawasi
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məŋaˈwasi/ [mə.ŋaˈwa.si]
- Rhymes: -asi
- Syllabification: me‧nga‧wa‧si
Verb
[edit]mengawasi (active mengawasi, reflexive passive terawasi, ordinary passive diawasi, imperative awasi, emphatic-jussive awasilah)
- to keep an eye on, to keep watch over, to watch, to take care of.
- to oversee, to watch over and manage.
- to supervise.
- to superintend.
- to control.
Further reading
[edit]- “mengawasi”, 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