menilai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay menilai, from Classical Malay menilai. Equivalent to meng- +‎ nilai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mənilai/
• Hyphenation: mê‧ni‧lai

Verb

menilai

1. to rate
2. to judge

   jangan menilai buku dari sampulnya

   don't judge a book by its cover

Further reading

• “menilai”, 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