Menanjur-nanjur
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
verb
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
The act of scooping something using a ladle, or figuratively, probing someone to elicit information or speech.
Etymology
A reduplicated form of the root word 'tanjur', meaning to scoop with a tool.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication