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INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bakar.

to burn, put on fire

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbakar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.kar]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to burn, put on fire

  2. to grill

Where this word comes from

From Malay bakar, from Proto-Malayic *bakar, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bkaar (“to cook over fire”). Displaced native tunu. False cognate of English bake.

adj/ˈbakar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.kar]Standard-Indonesian
  1. grilled

    absolute · attributive · not-comparable
    ikan bakar
Where this word comes from

From Malay bakar, from Proto-Malayic *bakar, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bkaar (“to cook over fire”). Displaced native tunu. False cognate of English bake.

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