tengok
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te.ŋok/
- Rhymes: -e.ŋok, -ŋok, -ok
Verb
tengok (Jawi spelling تيڠوق)
- (transitive) to look at; to see
- Tengok benda ni!
- Look at this thing!
- Synonyms: lihat, pandang
- (transitive) to watch; to view
- Nanti kau nak tengok cerita apa?
- What movie do you want to watch later?
- Synonym: tonton
- (transitive) to visit
- Tiap-tiap minggu dia pergi tengok neneknya yang tengah sakit.
- He visits his sick grandma every week.
- Synonyms: lawat, kunjung, jenguk, ziarah
- (transitive, figuratively) to predict
- Awang pandai menegok nasib seorang pengembara.
- Awang is good at predicting the fate of an adventurer.
- Synonyms: ramal, tilik
- (colloquial, transitive) to meet with someone
- Pagi kelmarin, aku gi tengok Aqil ngn keluarganya.
- Yesterday morning I met Aqil and his family.
- Synonyms: jumpa, temu
Derived terms
- ditengok
- menengok
- tertengok
Descendants
- Indonesian: tengok
Further reading
- “tengok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.