Bahasa Melayu

memayaukan

Bahasa Melayu

English

to make brackish, to salt slightly

Memayaukan means making water or a liquid slightly salty or brackish.

مماياوكن

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Air sungai itu memayaukan kawasan muara.

    The river water made the estuary area brackish.

  2. Air laut yang masuk ke parit itu memayaukan air di situ.

    Sea water that entered the ditch made the water there brackish.

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What does “to make brackish” mean in Malay?

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memayaukan

Used when water becomes slightly salty.

Word family

Common derived forms

mayau
absent-minded
payau
brackish; slightly salty

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.