Sengau-sengauan
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
verb
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
A manner of speaking performed by intentionally imitating the speech style of someone with a nasal voice disorder.
Etymology
A reduplicated form of sengau with the suffix -an to indicate the act of imitation.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication