tengadah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tengadah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈŋadah/, [t̪əˈŋa.dah]
Hyphenation: tê‧nga‧dah

Verb

têngadah

to look up, to look upward

Derived terms

menengadah
menengadahkan

Further reading

“tengadah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈŋadah/, [t̪əˈŋa.dah]
Rhymes: -adah, -dah, -ah

Verb

tengadah (Jawi spelling تڠاده)

to look up, to look upward
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.

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