mekar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mekar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.kar/
• Hyphenation: mê‧kar
• Rhymes: -ar

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Verb

mekar (base form, active memekar, passive dimekar)

1. to bloom; to decompose

   Synonym: kembang

   bunga itu memekar di taman yang dekat laut

   the flower blooms in a garden near a sea

2. (figurative) to begin develop feelings (love, hate, etc)
3. to become wider (size, crowd, goodness, etc.)

   Synonym: lebar

   peramaian di festival bertambah memekar

   the crowd at the festival is growing

4. to become big and bloated (dough)

   Synonym: kekar

   adunan rotinya memekar

   the bread dough bloated

5. to form a new region by splitting of existing region and retained it as a parent region

Alternative forms

• mengkar

Further reading

• “mekar” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məkar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Verb

mekar (Jawi spelling مکر)

1. to bloom; to decompose (flowers)

   Synonym: kembang

   bunga itu mekar di taman berhampiran laut

   the flower blooms in a garden near the sea

2. to develop feelings of love

   Synonym: cinta

3. to harden (doughs)

   Synonym: kekar

Descendants

• Indonesian: mekar

Further reading

• “mekar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Swedish

Verb

mekar

1. present indicative of meka