mengegas
Indonesian
Etymology
meng- + gas
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məŋəˈɡas]
- Hyphenation: mêngêgas
Verb
mêngêgas (passive digas)
- to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- (colloquial, figuratively) to speak louder because of anger or upset.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gas (meng-, ambitransitive, monosyllabic stem) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | gas | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | mengegas | tergas | digas | gas | gaslah |
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mengegaskan | tergaskan | digaskan | gaskan | gaskanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Active | mempergas | terpergas | dipergas | pergas | pergaslah |
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mempergaskan | terperaskan | dipergaskan | pergaskan | pergaskanlah |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Further reading
- “mengegas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.