tamak
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʿ, “greed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtamaʔ]
- Hyphenation: ta‧mak
Noun
tamak (first-person possessive tamakku, second-person possessive tamakmu, third-person possessive tamaknya)
- greedy
- Synonyms: loba, serakah
Affixed terms
- ketamakan
Further reading
- “tamak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧mak
- IPA(key): /taˈmak/, [tɐˈmak]
Adjective
tamák
- thoroughly soaked or drenched
- Synonyms: babad, tigmak, mamad
- already serious; aggravated
- Synonyms: malala, talamak, lala