Bahasa Melayu

bertuankan

Bahasa Melayu

English

regard as a chief, treat as a leader

To treat or acknowledge someone as a chief or leader.

برتوانكن

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Penduduk kampung itu bertuankan seorang ketua yang adil.

    The villagers treated their leader as a fair chief.

  2. Mereka bertuankan orang tua itu dalam urusan adat.

    They regarded the old man as the leader in custom matters.

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bertuankan

It means to treat someone as the chief or leader.

Word family

Common derived forms

ketuanan
sovereign right
Tuan
Mr.; sir; a form of respect

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.