menikamBahasa Indonesia

pierce, stab, cutting, empale, impale

Less common #16,343 of the corpus · 3 per million words · 12,724 occurrences

From tikam (meN-) · rare, #37,829

Verb

Pierce with a sharp stake or point

English: transfix, impale, empale, spike

Bahasa: menusuk, merodok, meradak

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Adjective

Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

English: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating

Bahasa: menusuk, lantang, nyaring, menusuk-nusuk

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