mengeram

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Affixed eram +‎ meng-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məŋəˈram/ [məŋ.əˈram]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: meng‧e‧ram

Verb

mengeram (active mengeram, passive dieram)

1. to brood
2. to imprison, to incarcerate, to lock up
3. (colloquial) to stay at home
4. to be in prison, to be locked up

Etymology 2

Affixed keram +‎ meng-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məŋəˈram/ [mə.ŋəˈram]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: me‧nge‧ram

Verb

mengeram (active mengeram, passive dikeram)

1. to stay at home
2. (figurative) to imprison, to incarcerate, to lock up
3. (figurative) to be in prison, to be locked up

Further reading

• “mengeram”, 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