lengah
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay léngah (“dawdle”). Semantic loan from Dutch onoplettend (“inattentive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛŋah/
- Rhymes: -ŋah, -ah, -h
- Hyphenation: lè‧ngah
Adjective
lèngah
- inattentive
Derived terms
- berlengah-lengah
- kelengahan
- melengah
- melengahkan
- melengah-lengah
- memperlengah
- memperlengah-lengah
- memperlengah-lengahkan
- pelengah
- terlengah
Further reading
- “lengah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.