mengeja

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed meng- +‎ eja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məŋˈɛd͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: mêng‧èja

Verb

mêngèja (base/imperative/colloquial eja, active mengeja, passive dieja)

1. to spell: to read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort

   Synonym: menyepel

Further reading

• “mengeja”, 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