English
agak-agak
Agak-agak comes from Malay agak ‘to estimate’.
- Malaymodernagak‘to estimate’
- Malay, derivedmodernagak-agakreduplication of agak
- Englishearliest quotation 1972same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Malaymodernagak‘to estimate’
- Malay, derivedmodernagak-agakreduplication of agak
- Englishearliest quotation 1972same form
Earliest quotation: 1972, Edgar Koh, the Comedians: “A man who together with his partner - a…”
Every English word from Malay agak
Today it means
verb To estimate or guess.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay agak / agak-agak