Chew (food), to bite and grind with the teeth
English: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
mengunyahBahasa Indonesia
chew, masticate, chaw, chewing, crunch
Less common
#8,152 of the corpus · 8.9 per million words · 37,844 occurrences
From kunyah (meN-) · rare, #22,555
Verb
Chew the cuds
English: ruminate
Bahasa: merenungi, memamah, memamah biak
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Chew noisily
English: crunch, munch
Bahasa: memamah, mengerkah, menggetap
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2 more verb senses
Grind and knead
English: masticate
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Eat intermittently, take small bites of
English: nibble, pick, piece
Bahasa: menggigit, memetik, mengorek, mengutil, memamah, mengerat, mengunggis, mencekuh
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Noun
Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
English: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
Bahasa: kunyah
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A wad of something chewable as tobacco
English: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad
Bahasa: kunyah, sugi, sepah, gentel, songel
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