pengacau
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed peng- + kacau, inherited from Malay pengacau (“agitator, troublemaker; mixer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈŋat͡ʃau̯/
- Rhymes: -t͡ʃau̯, -au̯, -u
- Hyphenation: pê‧nga‧cau
Noun
pêngacau (plural pengacau-pengacau, first-person possessive pengacauku, second-person possessive pengacaumu, third-person possessive pengacaunya)
- agitator, troublemaker
Further reading
- “pengacau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.