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- Kaabah
- cubic black stone building in the mosque in Mecca
- kabisat
- leap year
- kabu
- cotton tree
kekabu: cotton tree
- kabul
- fulfil; grant
mengabulkan: to fulfil; to grant
terkabul: fulfilled; granted
- kabung
- mourn
berkabung: to mourn
perkabungan: mourning; expression of grief
- kabur
- blur; dim; unclear; vague
mengaburkan: to make blur
mengaburi: to make blur
- kabus
- mist
- kabut
- fog
berkabut: foggy
kelam-kabut: chaos; chaotic
- kaca
- glass
- kacak
- handsome; smart-looking
- kacang
- bean
kacang bendi: lady's fingers
- kacau
- (1) harass; disturb (2) stir
kacau-bilau: chaotic
kekacauan: disturbance
mengacau: (1) to harass; to disturb (2) to stir
mengacaukan: to stir; to mix
pengacau: trouble-maker; one who disturbs
- kacip
- nutcracker
- kacuk
- cross-bred
kacukan: offspring of cross-breed
- kacung
- mantis
- kadam
- sole of foot
- kadang-kadang
- sometimes
kadang kala: sometimes; now and then
- kadar
- rate; ratio; proportion
berkadar: proportional
sekadar: just; only
- kadi
- Muslim judge
- kaduk
- fool (of Malay folklore)
- kaedah
- method; procedure
- kafan
- shroud
- kafilah
- caravan; convoy of travellers
- kafir
- infidel; person with no religious faith
mengkafirkan: to consider as an infidel
- kaget
- startled
mengagetkan: to startle
- kagum
- impressive; amazing; astounding
mengagumi: to amaze; to astound
mengagumkan: to amaze; to astound
- kahak
- phlegm
- kahwin
- marry
kahwin lari: elope
mengahwini: to marry
mengahwinkan: to marry off
perkahwinan: marriage; wedding
- kail
- fishing-rod
mengail: to fish with a rod
pengail: angler; fisherman
- kain
- cloth
- kais
- scratch with the claws
mengais: to scratch with the claws
- kait
- (1) crochet; knit (2) metal hook (3) correlate
mengait: to knit; to crochet
kaitan: correlation; relationship; relevance
berkaitan: having a connection or correlation
mengaitkan: to connect; to associate; to correlate
perkaitan: connection
- kajai
- collar
- kajang
- awning; roofing (for boat or cart)
- kaji
- study
mengkaji: to study; to do research into
kajian: a study; analysis; scrutiny
mengaji: to read the Koran
pengajian: pursuit of knowledge; academic study
pengkajian: research
pengkaji: researcher
- kaji bintang
- astronomy
- kaji bumi
- geology
- kaji cuaca
- meteorology
- kaji haiwan
- zoology
- kaji hayat
- biology
- kaji purba
- archaeology
- kaji selidik
- survey or study
- kaji tumbuhan
- botany
- kakak
- elder sister
- kakak ipar
- sister-in-law
- kakaktua
- cockatoo; parrot
- kakanda
- elder brother or sister
- kaki
- (1) foot; leg (2) measure of length equal to one foot (12 inches)
kakisama: isosceles; having two sides equal (of triangle)
kakitangan: staff; personnel; employees
- kaki ayam
- barefoot
- kaki bangku
- one who cannot play football
- kaki bola
- one who loves football
- kaki gaduh
- trouble-maker
- kaki judi
- gambler
- kaku
- stiff
kaku lidah: tongue-tied
- kala
- length or period of time
kala jengking: scorpion
berkala: periodical
- kalah
- lose; defeated
kalah mati: knock-out system (in sporting competition)
kekalahan: a defeat
mengalah: to concede defeat
mengalahkan: to defeat
- kalam
- writing pen
- kalang
- transverse support
- kalangan
- circle or group with similar interests
- kalau
- if
kalau-kalau: maybe
- kalbu
- heart
- kaldu
- broth
- kali
- times; multiply
kali-kali: multiplication table
berkali-kali: repeatedly
sekali: once; at the same time; superlative
sekali imbas: glance
sekali-sekala: once in a while
sekalipun: although
sekalian: all
- kalimantang
- fluorescent light
- kalimat
- sentence; period
- kalis
- proof; able to withstand
- kalis air
- waterproof
- kalis api
- fireproof
- kalis karat
- rust-proof
- kalis peluru
- bullet-proof
- kaloi
- carp
- kalung
- necklace
mengalungkan: to garland
kalungan: a garland
- kalut
- muddle; confusion; disorder
- kamar
- room
- kambing
- goat
gembala kambing: goat-herd
- kambus
- engulf; cover
mengambus: to engulf; to cover
terkambus: covered with earth
- kami
- we; us
- kamir
- yeast
- kampit
- portable case; sack
- kampung
- village
berkampung: to assemble
perkampungan: a group of villages
- kamu
- you; your
- kamus
- dictionary
- kanak-kanak
- child
- kanan
- (1) right (2) senior
- kancil
- mousedeer
- kancing
- buckle; fastener
berkancing: to have a fastener
mengancing: to fasten
terkancing: fastened
- kandang
- cage; pen; fold
mengandang: to cage
- kandas
- (1) run aground (2) fail
terkandas: failed; stranded; aground
- kandung
- contain
mengandung: pregnant
kandungan: contents
mengandungi: to contain; to consist of; filled with
- kangkang
- straddle; astride
mengangkang: to straddle
terkangkang: with legs wide apart
- kanji
- starch
berkanji: starched; starchy
menganji: to starch
- kanta
- lens
kanta cekung: concave lens
kanta cembung: convex lens
kanta pembesar: magnifying lens
- kantuk
- sleepiness; drowsiness
mengantuk: sleepy; drowsy
- kantung
- pouch; purse
- kanun
- code of law
- kapah
- gasp; tremble
- kapai
- to flap the arms to stay afloat
- kapak
- axe
mengapak: to cut with an axe
- kapal
- ship
perkapalan: shipping
- kapal angkasa
- spaceship
- kapal induk
- mothership
- kapal korek
- dredge
- kapal perang
- battleship
- kapal selam
- submarine
- kapal terbang
- aeroplane
- kapar
- scattered; sprawled
berkaparan: scattered
terkapar: sprawled
- kapas
- cotton
- kapit
- flank; escort
mengapit: to flank; to escort
pengapit: bridesmaid
terkapit: flanked
- kapuk
- a type of cotton
- kapung
- afloat
- kapur
- lime; chalk
mengapuri: to white-wash
- kara
- all alone
- karam
- sink (of ship); submerge
- karang
- (1) coral (2) compose
batu karang: coral
mengarang: to compose
karangan: composition
pekarangan: front portion of house
pengarang: author
- karat
- (1) rust (2) carat
berkarat: rusty; to rust
karatan: rustiness
- karau
- churn
- kardus
- hardboard
- kari
- curry
- karib
- intimate
- karkas
- crabbed (of handwriting)
- karung
- sack
- karut
- nonsense; ridiculous
karut-marut: nonsense
- karya
- literary work; masterpiece
karyawan: writer
- kasa
- gauze
- kasap
- craggy; rugged
- kasar
- rough; crude; rude
kekasaran: coarseness; rudeness; roughness
mengasarkan: to make rough
- kasi
- (1) give (2) castrate
mengasi: to castrate
- kasih
- affection; love
kasih sayang: affection; love; fondness
kasihan: pity
berkasih-kasihan: to be in love with each other
kekasih: lover; sweetheart
mengasihani: to pity
mengasihi: to love someone
pengasih: lover
ubat pengasih: love spell
- kasuari
- ostrich
- kasut
- shoe
- kata
- word; say
kata hati: intuition
katakan: tell; say; suppose
katanya: he or she said
berkata-kata: to chatter
mengata: to gossip
mengatakan: to tell
memperkatakan: to talk; to discuss; about
perkataan: word
sekata: even
- katak
- frog
- katik
- small; short; stunted
- katil
- bed
katil bujang: single bed
katil kelamin: double bed
- katuk
- to knock; to tap
- katung
- float
terkatung-katung: floating
- katup
- (1) closely held (2) cover
berkatup: closed
terkatup: shut tight
- kau
- you (abbreviation of 'engkau')
- kaum
- community; group
perkauman: racial
- kaus
- hose
- kaus kaki
- footwear
- kaut
- scoop up
- kawah
- cauldron; large pan; crater
- kawal
- control; guard; check
berkawal: on guard
mengawal: to guard; to control; to watch
mengawali: to guard; to escort; to control
mengawal diri: to restrain oneself
pengawal: a guard; a controller
kawalan: state of being under control or under guard
- kawan
- friend; companion
berkawan: to be friends; to have friends
berkawan-kawan: in groups of friends
mengawani: to accompany
- kawasan
- area; region
- kawat
- cable; wire
- kawat berduri
- barbed wire
- kaya
- rich; wealthy
kaya anak: having many children
kaya raya: very rich
kekayaan: wealth
memperkayakan: to enrich
terkaya: richest
- kayangan
- fairyland; very beautiful place
- kayap
- shingles
- kayu
- wood
kayu-kayuan: wood; timber
kayu-kayan: wood; timber
kayu api: firewood
kayu balak: log
perkayuan: logging; timber industry
kayu manis: cinnamon
- kayuh
- row; paddle; pedal
berkayuh: to row; to paddle
mengayuh: to row; to paddle
pengayuh: an oar; a paddle; a pedal
- kebal
- impenetrable; immune; invulnerable; exempt
kekebalan: immunity
- kebas
- numb
kekebasan: numbness
- kebil
- to blink (of eyes)
terkebil-kebil: blinking (of eyes)
- kebun
- garden; plantation
berkebun: to do gardening; to do farming
pekebun: gardener; farmer
perkebunan: gardening; farming
- kecai
- shattered
berkecai: to shatter; shattered
- kecam
- criticise severely; reprimand
mengecam: to criticise severely; to reprimand
kecaman: criticism
- kecamuk
- causing to feel stunned or bewildered; furious (of combat)
- kecap
- taste; enjoy
mengecap: to taste; to enjoy
- kecapi
- lute
- kecewa
- disappointed; frustrated
kekecewaan: disappointment; frustration
mengecewakan: to disappoint; to frustrate
- kecil
- small
kecil hati: hurt (of feelings)
kecil-kecilan: small scale
memperkecilkan: to belittle
- kecimpung
- dabble; plunge in; splash; be involved; participate
berkecimpung: to dabble; to plunge in; to be involved; to participate
- kecoh
- uproar; outcry
kekecohan: uproar; outcry
- kecuali
- except; exempt
berkecuali: neutral
kekecualian: exception
mengecualikan: to exclude; to exempt
pengecualian: exemption
- kecundang
- defeated; beaten
- kecur
- mouth-watering
- kecut
- shrink; shrivel; contract
kecut hati: afraid
mengecutkan: to shrink
pengecut: coward
- kedai
- shop
berkedai: to be a shopkeeper
pekedai: shopkeeper
- kedal
- skin disease of hands and feet
- kedang
- outstretched (of limb)
- kedap
- impervious; sealed
kedap udara: airtight
- kedek
- waddle (like a duck)
terkedek-kedek: to waddle (like a duck)
- kedekut
- stingy
- kedip
- blink; twinkle; flicker
- kedut
- crease; wrinkle
kedutan: crease; wrinkle
berkedut: wrinkled
mengedutkan: to cause to be creased or wrinkled
- kehel
- sprain
terkehel: sprained
- kejam
- cruel
kekejaman: cruelty
- kejang
- cramp; inflexible; stiff
kekejangan: cramps
- kejap
- moment
sekejap: a moment
berkejap: to blink
- kejar
- chase
mengejar: to chase
berkejar-kejaran: to chase one another
terkejar-kejar: in a hurry
- keji
- despicable; contemptible
mengeji: to despise; to discredit
- Kejora
- Venus
- keju
- cheese
- kejur
- stiff
- kejut
- shock
terkejut: shocked
kejutan: great shock
mengejut: sudden
mengejutkan: to shock; to startle; to surprise
- kekal
- everlasting; eternal; permanent
berkekalan: to be everlasting; to be permanent
mengekalkan: to perpetuate
- kekek
- giggle; chortle
terkekek-kekek: to giggle; to chortle
mengekek: to giggle
- kekang
- bridle; means of restraint
kekangan: constraint; restriction
- kekok
- clumsy
- kekuda
- trestle
- kelabu
- grey
- keladak
- dregs; sediment
- keladi
- yam
- kelah
- picnic
berkelah: to picnic
perkelahan: a picnic
- kelahi
- quarrel
berkelahi: to quarrel
perkelahian: a quarrel
- kelak
- soon after
- kelakar
- funny; antic; joke
berkelakar: to joke; to jest
- kelalang
- earthenware pitcher; flask
- kelam
- dusky; gloomy; dim
kelam-kabut: chaotic
kekelaman: gloom
- kelambu
- mosquito-net
- kelamin
- couple
sekelamin: a pair; a couple
- kelamun
- daydream
mengelamun: to daydream
- kelana
- wanderer
berkelana: to wander
- kelangkang
- crotch; groin
- kelapa
- coconut
kelapa kering: copra
- kelapa sawit
- oil palm
- kelar
- (1) nick; small cut (2) segment of centipede
- kelasi
- sailor
- kelat
- bitterish in taste
- kelawar
- bat (animal)
- keldai
- ass; donkey
- kelecek
- dribble (in football)
mengelecek: to dribble (in football)
- keledek
- sweet potato
- kelek-kelek
- armrest
- kelemayar
- glow-worm
- kelemayuh
- gangrene
- kelemumur
- dandruff
- kelengkeng
- little finger
- kelenjar
- gland
- kelentang
- clanking sound
- kelenting
- clanging noise
- kelentong
- (1) to bluff (2) hawker's rattle
- kelentit
- clitoris
- kelepet
- lapel
- kelepur
- flutter
mengelepur: to flutter
- keletah
- coquettish
- keli
- river catfish
- keliar
- to gallivant; to prowl
- kelibat
- double-headed paddle
- kelicap
- sun-bird
- kelikir
- gravel; rattan ring
- keliling
- around
berkeliling: around
mengelilingi: to encircle; to surround; to go around; to encompass
pekeliling: circular
sekeliling: surrounding
- kelim
- hem (of cloth); seam
- kelinci
- hare
- kelip
- blink; twinkle; wink
berkelip-kelip: to blink; to twinkle; to wink
sekelip mata: in a wink
- kelip-kelip
- firefly
- keliru
- puzzled; confused; bewildered
kekeliruan: confusion; bewilderment
mengelirukan: to confuse; puzzling; to bewilder
terkeliru: puzzled; confused; bewildered
- kelmarin
- day before yesterday
- kelok
- crook; bend; curve
berkelok: bent; curved
- kelola
- organise
mengelola: to organise; to manage
kelolaan: management
mengelolakan: to organise
pengelola: organiser
pengelolaan: organisation; supervision
- kelompok
- batch; cluster; group
berkelompok-kelompok: in groups; in clusters
mengelompokkan: to put into groups
- kelompong
- part of telephone on which the receiver rests
- kelonet
- measly; meagre
- kelong
- fish tunnel net
- kelongsong
- leaf or paper cone used as container or wrapper
- kelontong
- haberdashery
- kelopak
- sepal; calyx
kelopak bunga: sepal; calyx
kelopak mata: eyelid
- kelu
- speechless
- keluang
- flying fox
- keluar
- go out; exit
keluaran: publication; product; made in
mengeluarkan: to bring out; to publish; to produce
pengeluar: producer
pengeluaran: production
terkeluar: excluded; expressed
- keluarga
- family
berkeluarga: having a family
kekeluargaan: family; kinship
- kelubung
- veil; hood
berkelubung: veiled; hooded
- keluh
- sigh
keluhan: a sigh; a moan
berkeluh-kesah: to moan
mengeluh: to moan; to sigh
- keluk
- curve; bend
berkeluk-keluk: winding
- keluli
- steel
- kelumit
- morsel; very small amount
- kelupas
- peel off
mengelupas: to peel off; to come off
- kemala
- bezoar
- kemanakan
- nephew; niece
- kemarau
- drought
- kemaruk
- rapacious; ravenous; very hungry or greedy
- kemas
- orderly; neat; tidy
kemaskini: update
berkemas: to pack; to clear away
mengemaskan: to arrange; to tidy up; to pack
mengemaskinikan: to update
- kematu
- corn (hardened area of skin)
- kembali
- return; over again
mengembalikan: to return something
pengembalian: restoration
- kemban
- cloth tied above the bosom
berkemban: to tie the cloth (sarong) above the bosom
- kembang
- expand; enlarge; blossom
berkembang: to expand; to enlarge; to blossom
mengembangkan: to develop; to cause to expand
memperkembangkan: to develop; to cause to expand
perkembangan: development
- kembar
- twin
- kembara
- explore; wander
mengembara: to explore; to wander
pengembara: explorer; wanderer
pengembaraan: exploration; adventure
- kembiri
- castrate
- kemboja
- frangipani
- kembu
- creel; angler's basket
- kembung
- flatulent; distended from pressure within
- kemeja
- shirt
- kemelut
- crucial or critical; crisis; emergency
- kemenyan
- incense
- kemik
- dent; dented
- kemis
- beg
mengemis: to beg
pengemis: beggar
- kempas-kempis
- inflate and deflate
- kempis
- shrink
mengempiskan: to deflate
- kempunan
- longing for
- kemudi
- helm; rudder
mengemudikan: to steer
pengemudi: helmsman
- kemudian
- then; later; afterwards
mengemudiankan: to postpone; to delay
terkemudian: last
- kemuncak
- peak; summit
- kemuncup
- love grass
- kena
- incur; strike; touch
kena-mengena: connection; relation
berkenaan: in connection with; in relation to
mengenai: in connection with; regarding
mengenakan: to impose
terkena: affected; tricked
- kenal
- know; recognise
kenalan: acquaintance
berkenalan: having acquaintance with
mengenal: to know; to recognise
mengenali: to know; to recognise; to identify
memperkenalkan: to introduce
pengenalan: identification; introduction
perkenalan: acquaintance
terkenal: famous; well-known
- kenan
- agree; assent
berkenan: to agree; to assent
memperkenankan: to approve
perkenan: approval; consent
- kenang
- recall
mengenang: to recall
kenang-kenangan: souvenir; reminiscence
kenangan: memory; remembrance; nostalgia
mengenangkan: to recall
terkenang: reminiscent
- kenapa
- why
- kencang
- boisterous; strong (of wind)
- kencing
- urine
- kencing manis
- diabetes mellitus
- kendali
- conduct; manage; operate; hold the reins
mengendalikan: to manage; to conduct; to operate; to handle; to hold the reins
kendalian: operation; management
- kendati
- although
- kenderaan
- vehicle
- kendi
- (1) cylindrical glass or earthenware jar (2) curlew
- kendong
- carry something in the folds of a sarong
mengendong: to carry something in the folds of a sarong
- kendur
- loose; slack; not taut
mengendur: to slacken; to sag
mengendurkan: to slacken; to loosen
- kenduri
- a feast
- kengkang
- to walk with legs wide apart
- kening
- eyebrow
- kenit
- tiny; midget; dwarf
- kental
- thick (of fluid)
- kentang
- potato
- kentut
- flatulence
terkentut: passed flatus
- kenyal
- pliable; elastic
- kenyang
- sated (with food)
kekenyangan: fullness (of stomach)
mengenyangkan: to satiate
- kenyit
- wink; blink
mengenyit: to wink; to blink
- kepada
- to (person)
- kepah
- mussel
- kepak
- wing
berkepak: winged
berkepak-kepak: to flap (for wings)
- kepal
- lump
- kepalan
- lump
- kepala
- (1) head (2) chief person
kepala angin: moody
mengepalai: to be the leader
- kepalang
- little
- keparat
- non-believer
- kepialu
- typhoid
- kepil
- attach
- keping
- piece; sheet
kepingan: pieces; sheet
berkeping-keping: in pieces; fragmented
- kepit
- (1) fasten with a clip (2) a clip (3) hold under the arm
mengepit: (1) to fasten with a clip (2) to hold under the arm
- kepiting
- soft-shelled crab
- kepompong
- chrysalis; pupa
- kepuk
- rice barn
- kepul
- thick puff (e.g.of smoke)
kepulan: a cloud of smoke
- kepung
- besiege
berkepung: to besiege
kepungan: siege; blockade
mengepung: to besiege
pengepungan: siege; blockade
terkepung: besieged; surrounded
- kera
- monkey
- kerabat
- kinship; relatives
- kerah
- call up (into the armed forces)
mengerahkan: to call up (into the armed forces)
kerahan: conscription
- keraian
- festival; entertainment
- kerak
- crust (e.g of bread)
- kerakal
- pebble
- keramat
- one having supernatural powers
- kerambit
- small sickle with curved end
- keran
- faucet; tap
- kerana
- because; for the sake of
- keranda
- coffin; casket
- kerang
- cockle; shellfish
- kerangka
- framework; chassis; carcass; draft
- kerani
- clerk
- keranjang
- crate; basket
- kerap
- frequent; close (of texture)
kekerapan: frequency
- keras
- hard; firm; harsh; stiff; loud
berkeras: to act harshly; stubborn
kekerasan: force; power; might
mengeraskan: to harden; to make loud
keras hati: stubborn; indomitable
- kerat
- cut; incise
mengerat: to cut; to incise
keratan: a slice; a piece
keratan akhbar: news clip
- kerawang
- fretwork
- kerawit
- pin-worm
cacing kerawit: pin-worm
- kerbau
- buffalo
kerbau pendek: pig
- kerdil
- (1) cretinous; dwarfish (2) cretin; dwarf
- kerdip
- twinkle; wink
- kerek
- apparatus for hoisting things
- kerekot
- twisted
- kerenah
- whim; caprice
- kerengga
- red ant
- kerepek
- fried chips of banana, tapioca, sweet potato, etc.
- kereta
- car; carriage
keretapi: train
kereta sorong: wheelbarrow
kereta jenazah: hearse
- keretek
- a type of cigarette containing tobacco and cloves
- keria
- crane (bird)
- kericau
- chirp
- kerikil
- pebble
- kering
- dry
kering-kontang: parched; arid
kekeringan: dryness
mengeringkan: to dry something
pengering rambut: hair dryer
- keringat
- sweat
berkeringat: to sweat; sweating
- kerinting
- frizzy; a perm or artificial wave in the hair
- kerip
- nip with the front teeth
- keris
- Malay dagger
- kerisik
- (1) dry old banana fronds (2) rustling of dry leaves
- keriting
- curly
mengeritingkan: to curl
- kerja
- work
kerjasama: cooperation
bekerja: to work; working
bekerjasama: to cooperate
pekerja: worker
pekerjaan: occupation; work
kerjatangan: handiwork; handicraft
- kerjaya
- career
- kerkah
- crunch noisily with the teeth
- kerkap
- a crunching sound
- kerlap
- a short nap
- kerling
- glance sideways briefly
mengerling: to glance sideways briefly
kerlingan: a brief glance
- kerlip
- flicker; wink
kerlipan: a flicker
- kernyih
- grin
- keroncong
- (1) a kind of traditional Malay music (2) rumbling sound from hungry stomach
keroncongan: a type of plant
- kerongkong
- throat
kerongkongan: throat
- kerongsang
- brooch
- keropok
- crackers or chips (usually made from shrimps)
- kersang
- barren; dry
- kersik
- grit
- kertak
- gnash or grind (one's teeth)
- kertas
- paper
- kertau
- mulberry
- keruan
- certain; definite
- kerubung
- swarm
- kerudung
- cowl
- keruh
- cloudy (of liquid); turbid
kekeruhan: turbidity
- kerumun
- besiege; throng; swarm
berkerumun: to besiege; to throng; to swarm
mengerumuni: to crowd around; to swarm; to besiege
- keruping
- scab; crust or clotted blood on a wound
- kerusi
- chair
kerusi roda: wheelchair
pengerusi: chairman
mempengerusikan: to chair
- kerut
- frown
kerutan: wrinkle
berkerut: wrinkled; to frown
mengerutkan: to frown
- kerutu
- rough to the touch
- kesah
- restless
- kesahan
- authenticity; legality; legitimacy
- kesak
- move on slowly
- kesal
- regretable; deplorable; regret
- kesan
- (1) effect; impression (2) indelible (of a mark)
kesan jari: fingerprint
kesan sampingan: side effect
berkesan: effective
keberkesanan: effectiveness
mengesan: to track down
- kesat
- (1) abusive; crude-mannered (2) coarse or rough in texture
mengesat: to wipe
mengesatkan: to make rough
pengesat kaki: doormat
- kesatria
- warrior
- kesot
- drag
berkesot: to drag
mengesot: to drag
- ketak
- cackle (of hens)
- ketam
- (1) crab (2) reap or harvest (3) plane (of wood)
mengetam: (1) to reap or harvest (2) to plane (of wood)
- ketap
- (1) clench; grit (2) plain; evident
- ketar
- doddery; trembling
- ketara
- conspicuous; obvious
- ketat
- tight; taut
mengetatkan: to tighten
memperketatkan: to tighten; to make more strict
- ketawa
- laugh; laughter
mengetawakan: to laugh it out
- ketemu
- meet
- ketiak
- armpit
- ketik
- clack (short sharp sound)
- ketika
- juncture; point of time; moment; when
seketika: a moment
- keting
- part of the leg just above the heel
- ketingting
- hopscotch
- ketip
- sting of a mosquito bite; pinch
- ketitir
- turtle-dove
- ketua
- chief; leader; headman
mengetuai: to lead; to head
pengetua: principal
- ketuhar
- oven
- ketuk
- knock
berketuk: to crow like a rooster; to rap (of engine)
mengetuk: to knock; to strike
ketukan: a knock
- ketul
- a lump
seketul: a lump
berketul-ketul: lumpy
- ketumbar
- coriander
- ketumbit
- stye
- ketupat
- cooked rice packed in palm leaves
- khabar
- news
khabarnya: it is said
mengkhabarkan: to inform
- khadam
- household servant; subordinate assistant
- khalayak
- creature; mankind; God's creations
- khalifah
- caliph
- khalwat
- state of an unmarried couple being together in seclusion
- Khamis
- Thursday
- khas
- special
- khasiat
- nutrient
berkhasiat: nutritious
- khat
- hand-writing
- khatam
- end; conclude; complete
- khatan
- circumcision
mengkhatankan: to circumcise
- khatib
- preacher in mosque
- khatulistiwa
- equator
- khayal
- daydream; fantasy; imagination
berkhayal: to daydream; to fantasise
khayalan: daydream; fantasy; imagination
mengkhayalkan: to fantasise
- khazanah
- treasury
- khemah
- camp; tent
berkhemah: to camp
perkhemahan: camping
- khianat
- betrayal; treachery
mengkhianat: to betray
mengkhianati: to betray
pengkhianat: traitor
pengkhianatan: betrayal; treachery
- khidmat
- serve; work
berkhidmat: to serve; to work
perkhidmatan: service
- khilaf
- blunder; mistake
- khuatir
- worried; afraid
- khunsa
- hermaphrodite
- khusus
- special; specific; exclusive
mengkhusus: to specialise
mengkhususkan: to make special
pengkhususan: specialisation
- khusyuk
- (1) engrossed (2) humility
- khutbah
- sermon
berkhutbah: to deliver a sermon
pengkhutbah: preacher
- kial
- struggling; having difficulty
terkial-kial: to struggle; to have difficulty
- kiamat
- doomsday; day of judgement
- kiambang
- water-lily
- kian
- this much
sekian: that's all
- kias
- analogy
mengias: to hint at
mengiaskan: to make an analogy
- kibar
- fly (of flag)
berkibar: to fly (a flag)
mengibarkan: to wave or fly (a flag)
- kibas
- fan vigorously; flap
mengibaskan: to fan vigorously; to flap
- kiblat
- direction of Mecca
- kicap
- ketchup
- kicau
- chirp
berkicau: to chirp
kicauan: a bird's chirp
- kidal
- left-handed
- kijang
- deer
- kikir
- (1) stingy (2) a file (for smoothening things)
- kikis
- scrape off
mengikis: to scrape off
- kilan
- dissatisfied; discontented
terkilan: dissatisfied; discontented
- kilang
- (1) factory (2) gland
mengilang: to manufacture; to produce
perkilangan: manufacturing
- kilap
- lustrous
kilapan: lustre
- kilat
- (1) lightning (2) brightness; shine
berkilat: to shine; to flash
berkilat-kilat: shining; glittering; glossy
mengilatkan: to polish; to make shiny
pengilat: polishing wax
- kilau
- glossy; sparkling; glittering
berkilau-kilau: to sparkle; to glitter
kilau-kamilau: glossy
kilauan: gloss; luminosity; sparkle; glitter
- kili-kili
- spool
- kilir
- sharpener; strop
mengilir: to sharpen
- kimia
- chemistry
- kimpal
- solid
kimpalan: welding
- kincir
- water-wheel or wind-mill; spool; reel
kincir air: water-wheel
kincir angin: windmill
- kini
- now
- kipas
- a fan
mengipas: to fan
- kira
- (1) calculate; compute; count (2) regard as; suppose
kira-kira: (1) approximately (2) arithmetic
kiraan: calculation
kiranya: in case; if
berkira: calculated
mengira: to calculate; to count; to compute
mengira-ngira: to estimate
pengiraan: act of counting; calculation; estimation
- kirai
- shake out; winnow (rice)
- kiri
- left
- kirim
- send
berkirim: to send
kiriman: something that is sent; consignment
mengirimkan: to send
pengiriman: shipment; delivery
pengirim: sender
- kisah
- story
mengisahkan: to narrate
pengisahan: narration
- kisar
- rotate; revolve
berkisar: to revolve; to rotate
mengisarkan: to grind; to grate
pengisaran: rotation; gyration; grinding
- kismis
- raisin
- kita
- we; us
- kitab
- book
- kitar
- surrounding
sekitar: surrounding
- kitaran
- cycle of events
- kobar
- ardent; full of enthusiasm; flare up
berkobar: to flare up
- kocak
- agitate; shake briskly; stir
berkocak: agitated; stirred
kocakan: agitation
mengocak-ngocakkan: to agitate
- kocek
- pocket
- kocok
- to shake; to mix; to incite
- kodi
- a score (twenty)
- kodok
- frog
- kohong
- fetid; stinking
- kokok
- crow
berkokok: to crow
- kolah
- square stone or cement water tank
- kolam
- pond
- kole
- mug
- kolek
- canoe
- kolot
- old-fashioned; out-of-date
- kompang
- shallow drum
- komplot
- conspiracy
komplotan: conspiracy
- kongkong
- pillory
- kongsi
- association; partnership
berkongsi: to enter into a partnership
perkongsian: partnership
- konon
- it is said
- kontang
- dry; parched
- konyong
- abrupt; sudden; curt
sekonyong-konyong: sudden; abrupt; curt
- kopak
- dilapidated; in disrepair
kopak-kapik: dilapidated; in disrepair
mengopak: to break open
- kopek
- peel
mengopek: to peel
terkopek: peeled off
- kopi
- coffee
- kopiah
- Malay cap
- korban
- sacrifice
berkorban: to offer as sacrifice
mengorbankan: to sacrifice
terkorban: killed
pengorbanan: a sacrifice
- korek
- dig
mengorek: to dig
pengorek: excavator; spade; digger
- korok
- a burrow
- kosong
- empty; vacant
kekosongan: emptiness; vacancy
mengosongkan: to empty; to vacate
- kota
- fort; city
mengotakan: to fortify
- kotak
- box
- kotor
- dirty
kekotoran: dirtiness
mengotorkan: to dirty
pengotor: a dirty person
kotoran: dirt
- koyak
- tear; torn
mengoyakkan: to tear
terkoyak: torn
- ku
- I; me (abbreviation of 'aku')
- kuaci
- dried melon seed
- kuah
- gravy
- kuak
- croak; bellow
menguak: to croak: to bellow
- kuala
- estuary; confluence of rivers
- kuali
- frying-pan
- kuap
- yawn
menguap: to yawn
terkuap-kuap: yawning repeatedly
- kuasa
- power; authority; strength
berkuasa: having the power or authority
menguasai: to dominate; to manage
kekuasaan: power
- kuat
- strong
kekuatan: strength; power
menguatkan: to strengthen
- kuatkuasa
- enforce; authority
berkuatkuasa: to be in effect; to be enforced
menguatkuasakan: to enforce; to implement; to impose
penguatkuasa: enforcement officer
penguatkuasaan: enforcement
- kubah
- dome
- kubang
- mud-hole
berkubang: to wallow
- kubis
- cabbage
- kubu
- fortress
- kubung
- lemur
- kubur
- grave
menguburkan: to bury (the dead)
perkuburan: graveyard
- kucai
- chive (vegetable)
- kucar-kacir
- in complete confusion
- kucing
- cat
- kucup
- kiss
mengucup: to kiss
kucupan: a kiss
- kuda
- horse
kuda lumba: race-horse
kuda padi: short-legged horse for riding
memperkuda: to use as a horse; to exploit
- kuda belang
- zebra
- kuda-kuda
- trestle; easel
- kudap
- snack
kudapan: snack
- kudis
- skin sore
- kudrat
- God's might
- kudung
- maimed
- kudup
- bud
- kudus
- holy; sacred; blessed
- kugiran
- musical group
- kuih
- cake; cookie
- kuil
- temple
- kuinin
- quinine
- kuis
- kick aside; shove
menguiskan: to kick aside; to shove
- kuit
- touch with the fingertips
- kuku
- nail; claw
- kukuh
- strong; firm
mengukuhkan: to strengthen
- kukur
- grater; scraper
mengukur: to grate; to scrape
pengukur: grater; scraper
- kukus
- steam
mengukus: to steam
- kulai
- droop; dangle
terkulai: drooping; dangling
- kulapuk
- mildew
- kulat
- fungus; mushroom
- kuli
- unskilled labourer
berkuli: to work as a labourer
- kuliah
- lecture
- kulit
- skin
menguliti: to peel; to skin
- kulum
- suck (keep in the mouth)
mengulum: to suck (keep in the mouth)
- kulup
- foreskin
- kumai
- moulding
- kuman
- germ
- kumandang
- echo
- kumat-kamit
- mumble
terkumat-kamit: mumbling
- kumbang
- beetle
- kumis
- moustache
- kumparan
- bobbin
- kumpul
- gather; collect; assemble
berkumpul: to gather; to assemble
kumpulan: group; collection
mengumpulkan: to collect
pengumpul: collector
perkumpulan: association; union; assembly
sekumpulan: a group
- kumuh
- excrete
- kumur
- gargle
berkumur: to gargle
- kunang-kunang
- firefly
- kunci
- key; lock
mengunci: to lock
menguncikan: to lock; to fasten
- kuncup
- close; contract
menguncup: to contract
menguncupkan: to close; to furl
terkuncup: furled
- kundang
- a page boy
- kundur
- wax-gourd
- kuning
- yellow
kekuningan: yellowish
menguning: to turn yellow; to ripen
- kunjung
- visit
berkunjung: to visit
kunjungan: a visit
mengunjungi: to visit
pengunjung: visitor; tourist
- kuno
- ancient; old-fashioned
- kuntum
- flower bud
sekuntum: a flower
- kunyah
- chew
mengunyah: to chew
- kunyit
- turmeric
- kupang
- an old type of coin
- kupas
- peel; analyse
mengupas: to peel; to analyse
kupasan: analysis
- kuping
- ear; scab
- kupu-kupu
- butterfly
- kura-kura
- tortoise
- kurang
- less; insufficient; deficient
kurang-kurang: less
berkurangan: lacking
kekurangan: shortage; lack; deficit
mengurangkan: to reduce
sekurang-kurangnya: at least
- kurap
- ringworm
- kurma
- (1) a date (fruit) (2) a spicy dish
- kurnia
- bestow; award
mengurniai: to award; to bestow
mengurniakan: to award; to bestow
pengurniaan: bestowal; awarding
- kursus
- course (of study)
berkursus: to attend a course
- kurun
- century
- kurung
- confine; imprison
kurungan: (1) prison; cage; coop (2) bracket (in writing)
berkurung: confined; imprisoned
mengurung: to confine; to imprison
- kurus
- thin; lean
kurus kering: emaciated
- kusam
- matt or dull (of a surface)
- kusta
- leprosy
- kusut
- dishevelled; ruffled; tangled; kinky
kekusutan: confusion; complication
mengusutkan: to entangle; to perplex; to confuse
- kutak
- shake violently
- kutang
- bodice; brassiere
- kutip
- (1) pick; collect (2) cite; quote
mengutip: (1) to pick; to collect (2) to cite; to quote
kutipan: citation; quotation
- kutu
- louse; flea
- kutub
- pole (of earth's axis or magnet)
- kutuk
- curse; condemn
kutukan: anathema; a curse; condemnation
mengutuk: to curse; to condemn
terkutuk: cursed; damned
- kuyu
- dewy-eyed; sad
- kuyup
- drenched
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