bengek

Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate of Malay bengik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəˈŋɛk/, [bəˈŋɛʔ]
Hyphenation: bê‧ngèk

Adjective

bêngèk

chest tightness

Noun

bêngèk (first-person possessive bengekku, second-person possessive bengekmu, third-person possessive bengeknya)

(colloquial, pathology) asthma

Alternative forms

bengik: Indonesian, Standard Malay

Further reading

“bengek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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