Meaning of meng- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
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2. Gives a meaning of doing an action.
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3. Forms the formal active form of a transitive verb.
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4. Letting out a voice.
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5. Throwing away, searching for, or collecting something.
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6. Approaching a target.
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7. Behaving like or resembling something.
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8. Gives a meaning of stating a condition or state.
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9. Living as something.
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10. Becoming something.
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Examples

“meng- + karang (“to compose”) → mengarang (formal active form of karang)”

“meng- + aum (“roar”) → mengaum (“to roar”)”

“meng- + rumput (“grass”) → merumput (“to cut grass”)”

“meng- + tepi (“side”) → menepi (“to go to one's side”)”

“meng- + bukit (“hill”) → membukit (“to resemble a hill”)”

“meng- + bujang (“single”) → membujang (“to be single”)”

“meng- + putih (“white”) → memutih (“to whiten, to become white”)”

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