memalukan
Indonesian
Etymology
From malu + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məmaˈlukan/ [mə.maˈlu.kan]
- Rhymes: -ukan
- Syllabification: me‧ma‧lu‧kan
Adjective
memalukan (comparative lebih memalukan, superlative paling memalukan)
Further reading
- “memalukan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of malu + meN- -kan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məmaˈlukan/ [mə.maˈlu.kan]
- Rhymes: -ukan
- Hyphenation: me‧ma‧lu‧kan
Verb
memalukan (Jawi spelling ممالوکن)
- to embarrass, to cause embarrassment
- to feel ashamed
Further reading
- “memalukan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017