Move slowly, in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
English: crawl, creep
Bahasa: merangkak, merayap, rayap, menjalar, merembet, menjulur, merayapi, lata
melataBahasa Indonesia
creep, crawl, cascade, cascade down, cower
Rare
#24,481 of the corpus · 1.5 per million words · 6,350 occurrences
From lata (meN-) · rare, #43,706
Verb
Show submission or fear
English: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
Bahasa: merangkak, merayap, menjalar, merembet, menjulur, merayapi, lata, rangkak
To go stealthily or furtively
English: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot
Bahasa: mencuri, malu-malu, merayap, menjalar, merembet, menjulur, merayapi, menyulur
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3 more verb senses
Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
English: cascade, cascade down
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Feel as if crawling with insects
English: crawl
Bahasa: merayap, menjalar, menjulur, merayapi, meloso, membuaya, menjolor
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Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
English: creep
Bahasa: merayap, menjalar, merembet, menjulur, merayapi, menyulur, meloso, membuaya
Less certain link between this word and this sense.