hentam
Malay
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qantəm (“beat, thrash”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edithentam (Jawi spelling هنتم)
- to hit hard
- Alex menghentam bantalnya untuk melepaskan perasaan geramnya.
- Alex is hitting his pillow to release his anger.
- to collide with an object with strong force
- Kereta itu terhentam dengan lori yang jauh lebih besar daripadanya.
- That car collided with a lorry that is way bigger than itself.
- to do a task without thinking about the consequences
- Haikal menghentam sahaja menjawab soalan peperiksaan.
- Haikal just answered the questions in the exam without much thought.
Alternative forms
edit- hantam (Indonesian)
References
edit- “hentam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Slovak
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editPronoun
edithentam
Further reading
edit- “hentam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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