agak

See also: ágak and agák

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧gak

Verb

agak

1. to guide; to usher

Anagrams

• gaak, kaga

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɡaʔ]

Etymology 1

From Malay agak, from Classical Malay اڬق (agak).

Noun

agak (plural agak-agak, first-person possessive agakku, second-person possessive agakmu, third-person possessive agaknya)

1. guess, estimation, approximation

Adverb

agak

1. approximately
2. kind of, rather, somewhat, a little

   Percakapan yang agak membosankan.

   Conversation that is kind of boring.
   A rather boring conversation.

   Suaranya agak serak hari ini, ada apa dengannya?

   His voice is hoarse a little today, what happens to him?

Synonyms

• (approximately): kira-kira, kurang lebih

Derived terms

• agak-agak
• agaknya
• beragak-agak
• diagak
• mengagak-agak
• mengagakkan
• seagak
• seagak-agak
• teragak

 

Etymology 2

From Lawangan [Term?].

Noun

agak (first-person possessive agakku, second-person possessive agakmu, third-person possessive agaknya)

1. marriage without coercion.

Etymology 3

From Ngaju [Term?].

Noun

agak (first-person possessive agakku, second-person possessive agakmu, third-person possessive agaknya)

1. rattan basket.

Further reading

• “agak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• اݢق

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ, -ɡaʔ, -aʔ

Verb

agak (Jawi spelling اݢق)

1. to guess (to solve by a correct conjecture)

Synonyms

• anggar / اڠݢر

Descendants

• Balinese: agak
• Dairi Batak: agak
• Karo Batak: agak
• Toba Batak: agak
• Indonesian: agak
• Javanese: agak
• Rejang: agak
• Simeulue: agak

Toba Batak

Alternative forms

• ᯀᯎᯂ᯲

Etymology

From Malay agak.

Verb

agak (Batak spelling ᯀᯎᯂ᯲)

1. to guess (to solve by a correct conjecture)