mencedok

Malay

Etymology

Apparently meng- +‎ cedok. Sense 2 may be by extension from sense 1.

Pronunciation

(Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /mən.t͡ʃe.doʔ/

Verb

mencédok (Jawi spelling منچيدوق‎, transitive)

To ladle; to take as if with a ladle.
To copy; to take (someone else's writing, etc.) without modification; to plagiarize.

Further reading

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

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