"mengais" meaning in All languages combined

See mengais on Wiktionary

Verb [bahasa Indonesia]

Forms: kukais [passive], kaukais [passive], dikais [passive], terkais [passive], kais [transitive], kaislah [imperative]
  1. mencakar-cakar atau menggaruk-garuk tanah (sampah dsb) untuk mencari makanan (tentang ayam dsb):
    Sense id: id-mengais-id-verb-LzogRGcK
  2. bekerja untuk mencari nafkah Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: id-mengais-id-verb-t3jjeESb Categories (other): Istilah kiasan
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Awalan me yang luluh (kata dasar berawalan k)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Awalan meng-",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Kata bahasa Indonesia",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Turunan kata kais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "id",
      "name": "Verba (me-)",
      "orig": "id:Verba (me-)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kukais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaukais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dikais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terkais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kais",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaislah",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "bahasa Indonesia",
  "lang_code": "id",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verba",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "seekor anjing kurus dan kotor sedang mengais tong sampah mencari tulang-tulang sisa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mencakar-cakar atau menggaruk-garuk tanah (sampah dsb) untuk mencari makanan (tentang ayam dsb):"
      ],
      "id": "id-mengais-id-verb-LzogRGcK"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "id",
          "name": "Istilah kiasan",
          "orig": "id:Istilah kiasan",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bekerja untuk mencari nafkah"
      ],
      "id": "id-mengais-id-verb-t3jjeESb",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mengais"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Awalan me yang luluh (kata dasar berawalan k)",
    "Awalan meng-",
    "Kata bahasa Indonesia",
    "Turunan kata kais",
    "id:Verba (me-)"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kukais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaukais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dikais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terkais",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kais",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaislah",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "bahasa Indonesia",
  "lang_code": "id",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verba",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "seekor anjing kurus dan kotor sedang mengais tong sampah mencari tulang-tulang sisa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mencakar-cakar atau menggaruk-garuk tanah (sampah dsb) untuk mencari makanan (tentang ayam dsb):"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "id:Istilah kiasan"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bekerja untuk mencari nafkah"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mengais"
}

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