"mengacah-acah" meaning in Malay

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Verb

IPA: [mə.ŋa.t͡ʃah ʔa.t͡ʃah] Audio: LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav Forms: مڠاچه-اچه [Jawi]
Etymology: Affixation of meng- + reduplication of acah. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|ms|acah|nocap=-}} reduplication of acah, {{af|ms|meng-|reduplication of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">acah</i>}} meng- + reduplication of acah Head templates: {{ms-verb|j=مڠاچه-اچه}} mengacah-acah (Jawi spelling مڠاچه-اچه)
  1. (intransitive) to feign repeatedly, to keep on feigning Tags: intransitive

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "acah",
        "nocap": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication of acah",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "meng-",
        "3": "reduplication of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ms\">acah</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "meng- + reduplication of acah",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Affixation of meng- + reduplication of acah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مڠاچه-اچه",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مڠاچه-اچه"
      },
      "expansion": "mengacah-acah (Jawi spelling مڠاچه-اچه)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay terms prefixed with meng-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Adam kept on feigning not knowing how to play football.",
          "text": "Adam mengacah-acah tak reti bermain bola sepak.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feign repeatedly, to keep on feigning"
      ],
      "id": "en-mengacah-acah-ms-verb-gYfrIVla",
      "links": [
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ],
        [
          "keep on",
          "keep on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to feign repeatedly, to keep on feigning"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mə.ŋa.t͡ʃah ʔa.t͡ʃah]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "mengacah-acah"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "acah",
        "nocap": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication of acah",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "meng-",
        "3": "reduplication of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ms\">acah</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "meng- + reduplication of acah",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Affixation of meng- + reduplication of acah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مڠاچه-اچه",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مڠاچه-اچه"
      },
      "expansion": "mengacah-acah (Jawi spelling مڠاچه-اچه)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay intransitive verbs",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay multiword terms",
        "Malay reduplications",
        "Malay terms prefixed with meng-",
        "Malay terms with usage examples",
        "Malay verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Adam kept on feigning not knowing how to play football.",
          "text": "Adam mengacah-acah tak reti bermain bola sepak.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feign repeatedly, to keep on feigning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ],
        [
          "keep on",
          "keep on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to feign repeatedly, to keep on feigning"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mə.ŋa.t͡ʃah ʔa.t͡ʃah]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-mengacah-acah.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mengacah-acah"
}

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