tetek bengek
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tetek bengek, from Betawi tetek-bengek, from Javanese tetek bengek.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: te‧tek‧be‧ngek
Noun
tetek bengek
- small or unimportant matters.
Further reading
- “tetek bengek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.