mendarat

Indonesian

Etymology

darat +‎ meng-.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mənˈdarat/ [mənˈda.rat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -arat
  • Syllabification: men‧da‧rat

Verb

mendarat (active mendarat)

  1. to land
    1. to descend to a surface, especially from the air.
    2. to alight, to descend from a vehicle.
    3. to arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
    4. to bring to land
  2. to touch down.
  3. to ground (to place something on the ground)
  4. to go into the interior.
  5. to disembark, to debark
  6. to shore (to arrive at the shore; to put ashore)
  7. to alight
  8. synonym of mengenai
  9. (dialect Minang) to walk on land

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