Etymology

agak-agak

Today it means: To estimate or guess. Full definition →

Malay agak-agak
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  1. Malay · borrowed fromagak-agak
  2. English todayagak-agak

From Malay agak-agak, a reduplication of agak (“to estimate”).

Words from the same roots

Malayagak-agak all →

agar-agar

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