menengah

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed tengah (“center”) +‎ meng-, inherited from Malay menengah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mə.nə.ˈŋah/
Rhymes: -ŋah
Hyphenation: mê‧nê‧ngah

Verb

menengah

(literal, rare) to center (American spelling), to centre (British spelling): to cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.

Adjective

menengah

middle: located in the middle; in between.
Synonym: sedang

Synonym: sederhana (Standard Malay)

Further reading

“menengah” 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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