Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
English: choke, strangle
tercekikBahasa Indonesia
choke, strangle, choking, gag, suffocate
Rare
#22,444 of the corpus · 1.7 per million words · 7,406 occurrences
From cekik (ter-) · rare, #56,077
Verb
Struggle for breath, have insufficient oxygen intake
English: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
Bahasa: lemas, tersedak, mencekik, membungkam, melemaskan, sebat, cekuk, kesimpatan
Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
English: choke
Bahasa: tersedak, mencekik, melemaskan
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Noun
A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
English: choking
Bahasa: tersedak
Less certain link between this word and this sense.