Bahasa Melayu

emak

Bahasa Melayu

English

stepmother

A woman who is married to one’s father but is not one’s birth mother.

امق

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Emak tiri itu melayan anak-anak dengan baik.

    The stepmother treated the children well.

  2. Dia tinggal bersama emak tiri selepas ayahnya berkahwin semula.

    He lived with his stepmother after his father remarried.

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emak tiri

Used for a father’s wife who is not the birth mother.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.