Etymology

agar-agar

Today it means: Agar. Full definition →

Malay agar-agar
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agar-agar · noun1

  1. Malay · borrowed fromagar-agar
  2. Malay · borrowed fromagar-agar
  3. English todayagar-agar

Borrowed from Malay agar-agar (“jelly”).

agar-agar · verb, adjective2

  1. Malay · borrowed fromagak-agak
  2. English todayagar-agar

From Malay agak-agak. Here, the letter k represents a glottal stop, but it is elided by many speakers in Singapore.

Words from the same roots

Malayagak-agak all →

agak-agak

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