Petantang-petenteng
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
adjective
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
The act of walking with an arrogant, haughty, or chest-out posture to display self-importance.
Etymology
A reduplicated form of the root word 'petenteng' describing an arrogant attitude.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication