Bahasa Melayu

memenggal

Bahasa Melayu

English

to behead, to cut off, to divide

Memenggal also means to cut something off or divide it into parts.

ممڠڬل

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Mereka memenggal roti itu menjadi dua bahagian.

    They cut the bread into two parts.

  2. Penceramah itu memenggal ayatnya supaya mudah difahami.

    The speaker divided his sentence so it was easy to understand.

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memenggal

In this sense, memenggal means to divide or cut into parts.

Word family

Common derived forms

penggal
a piece; a section; a chunk
terpenggal
cut off accidentally

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.