mentah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mentah, from Proto-Malayic *məntah (compare Malay mentah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (compare Chamorro mata', Gilbertese mata, Hawaiian maka, Malagasy manta, Māori mata).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mənˈtah/ [mən̪ˈt̪ah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: men‧tah

Adjective

mentah (comparative lebih mentah, superlative paling mentah)

1. raw, uncooked
2. (of fruit) unripe
3. (cooking) rawish

Derived terms

• kementahan
• mementahkan
• mentah-mentah
• mentahan
• pementahan
• termentahkan

Further reading

• “mentah”, 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

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (~ *mətaq), compare Old Javanese mĕtah.

Adjective

mentah

1. raw

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *məntah (compare Indonesian mentah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (compare Chamorro mata', Gilbertese mata, Hawaiian maka, Malagasy manta, Māori mata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məntah/
• Rhymes: -əntah, -tah, -ah

Adjective

mentah (Jawi spelling منته, comparative lebih mentah, superlative paling mentah)

1. raw (uncooked)

Further reading

• "mentah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "mentah" at PRPM first version)