"meng-" meaning in Malay

See meng- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /mə-/, /məm-/, /mən-/, /məŋ-/, /məɲ-/, /məŋə-/ Forms: مڠ- [Jawi], me- [alternative], mem- [alternative], men- [alternative], meny- [alternative], menge- [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ms|inh|conf|poz-mly-pro>*mAN->affix|id=affix}}, {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*mAN-}} Proto-Malayic *mAN-, {{inh|ms|poz-mcm-pro|*maN-}} Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*maN-}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- Head templates: {{ms-prefix|j=مڠ-}} meng- (Jawi spelling مڠ-)
  1. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of doing an action.
    Forms the formal active form of a transitive verb.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-fptHGfi4
  2. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of doing an action.
    Letting out a voice.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-vYalbLBe
  3. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of doing an action.
    Throwing away, searching for, or collecting something.
    Tags: morpheme Related terms: meng- -i (alt: active causitive or locative), meng- -kan (alt: active causitive or benefactive), memper- (english: active causitive), di- (3rd person passive)
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-6kgOzSor Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 19 25 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 17 22 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 21 28 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Malay entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 9 23 33 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 8 25 33 8 8 8 8
  4. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of doing an action.
    Approaching a target.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-iQBZtrJl
  5. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of doing an action.
    Acting like or to be akin to something.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-dzRWkFh0
  6. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of stating a condition o state.
    Living as something.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-W-9O5L7-
  7. Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.
    Gives a meaning of stating a condition o state.
    Becoming something.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-meng--ms-prefix-83xCKYIl

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "conf",
        "4": "poz-mly-pro>*mAN->affix",
        "id": "affix"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*mAN-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *mAN-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mcm-pro",
        "3": "*maN-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*maN-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مڠ-",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mem-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "men-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meny-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menge-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مڠ-"
      },
      "expansion": "meng- (Jawi spelling مڠ-)",
      "name": "ms-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + karang (“to compose”) → mengarang (formal active form of karang)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Forms the formal active form of a transitive verb."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + aum (“roar”) → mengaum (“to roar”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Letting out a voice."
      ],
      "id": "en-meng--ms-prefix-vYalbLBe",
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "11 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 19 25 7 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 17 22 9 9 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 21 28 7 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 23 33 9 9 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [
            "Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 25 33 8 8 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + rumput (“grass”) → merumput (“to cut grass”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Throwing away, searching for, or collecting something."
      ],
      "id": "en-meng--ms-prefix-6kgOzSor",
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 29 37 7 7 7 7",
          "alt": "active causitive or locative",
          "word": "meng- -i"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 29 37 7 7 7 7",
          "alt": "active causitive or benefactive",
          "word": "meng- -kan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 29 37 7 7 7 7",
          "english": "active causitive",
          "word": "memper-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 29 37 7 7 7 7",
          "word": "di- (3rd person passive)"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + tepi (“side”) → menepi (“to go to one's side”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Approaching a target."
      ],
      "id": "en-meng--ms-prefix-iQBZtrJl",
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + bukit (“hill”) → membukit (“to act like a hill”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Acting like or to be akin to something."
      ],
      "id": "en-meng--ms-prefix-dzRWkFh0",
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + bujang (“single”) → membujang (“to be single”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of stating a condition o state.",
        "Living as something."
      ],
      "id": "en-meng--ms-prefix-W-9O5L7-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + putih (“white”) → memutih (“to whiten, to become white”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of stating a condition o state.",
        "Becoming something."
      ],
      "id": "en-meng--ms-prefix-83xCKYIl",
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mə-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məm-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mən-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məŋ-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məɲ-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məŋə-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meng-"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Malay entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay prefixes",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*maN-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مڠ-",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mem-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "men-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meny-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menge-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مڠ-"
      },
      "expansion": "meng- (Jawi spelling مڠ-)",
      "name": "ms-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "active causitive or locative",
      "word": "meng- -i"
    },
    {
      "alt": "active causitive or benefactive",
      "word": "meng- -kan"
    },
    {
      "english": "active causitive",
      "word": "memper-"
    },
    {
      "word": "di- (3rd person passive)"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + karang (“to compose”) → mengarang (formal active form of karang)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Forms the formal active form of a transitive verb."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + aum (“roar”) → mengaum (“to roar”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Letting out a voice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + rumput (“grass”) → merumput (“to cut grass”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Throwing away, searching for, or collecting something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + tepi (“side”) → menepi (“to go to one's side”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Approaching a target."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + bukit (“hill”) → membukit (“to act like a hill”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of doing an action.",
        "Acting like or to be akin to something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + bujang (“single”) → membujang (“to be single”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of stating a condition o state.",
        "Living as something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "meng- + putih (“white”) → memutih (“to whiten, to become white”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agent focus or active voice marker of a verb.",
        "Gives a meaning of stating a condition o state.",
        "Becoming something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "active voice",
          "active voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mə-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məm-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mən-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məŋ-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məɲ-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məŋə-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meng-"
}

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