"tukar" meaning in Malay

See tukar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bertukar [alternative]
Rhymes: -ar Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *tukər. Cf. Toba Batak tuhor (“to buy”), Javanese tuku (“to buy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*tukər}} Proto-Malayic *tukər, {{cog|bbc|tuhor|t=to buy}} Toba Batak tuhor (“to buy”), {{cog|jv|tuku|t=to buy}} Javanese tuku (“to buy”) Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|bertukar}} tukar (bertukar)
  1. to change (the process of becoming different)
    Sense id: en-tukar-ms-verb-sQG4cJSP Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16

Verb

Forms: menukar [alternative]
Rhymes: -ar Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *tukər. Cf. Toba Batak tuhor (“to buy”), Javanese tuku (“to buy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*tukər}} Proto-Malayic *tukər, {{cog|bbc|tuhor|t=to buy}} Toba Batak tuhor (“to buy”), {{cog|jv|tuku|t=to buy}} Javanese tuku (“to buy”) Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|menukar}} tukar (menukar)
  1. to change
    Sense id: en-tukar-ms-verb-WB4OyXXt Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16
  2. to replace
    Sense id: en-tukar-ms-verb-wQCMNBWA Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16

Verb

Rhymes: -ar Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *tukər. Cf. Toba Batak tuhor (“to buy”), Javanese tuku (“to buy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*tukər}} Proto-Malayic *tukər, {{cog|bbc|tuhor|t=to buy}} Toba Batak tuhor (“to buy”), {{cog|jv|tuku|t=to buy}} Javanese tuku (“to buy”) Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|menukarkan}} tukar (menukarkan)
  1. to replace
    Sense id: en-tukar-ms-verb-wQCMNBWA1 Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16
  2. to transform (change something into another)
    Sense id: en-tukar-ms-verb---hUhA1e Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16
  3. to transfer (reassign someone to another place)
    Sense id: en-tukar-ms-verb-CSOXxODw Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 13 11 11 11 11 16 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 18 13 13 13 13 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bertukar, penukar, penukaran, pertukaran, tukar langkah
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