tengadah

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təŋadah/
• Rhymes: -adah, -dah, -ah

Verb

tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده)

1. to look up, to look upwards

   Synonym: dongak

   Antonym: tunduk

   sudah terhantuk baru tengadah

   closing the stable door after the horse has bolted

   (literally, “looking up after the collision”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menengadah [agent focus] (meN-)
• menengadahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• ditengadahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• tertengadah [agentless action] (teR-)
• bertengadah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tengadah

Further reading

• “tengadah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.