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menguras

Pronunciation: /məˈŋuras/

“menguras” is an Indonesian word. Its 13 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to drain.
  2. to clean out.
  3. to clear (out) (an area of enemy troops).
  4. to drain, to exhaust, (one's energy).
  5. to steal, to clean out.
  6. to extract. to elicit information from.
  7. to squander, to waste (money).
  8. to deplete
  9. to exhaust
  10. to be rubbed with ointment.
  11. to cure, to heal.
  12. to wash the face using water mixed with kaffir lime to get rid of bad luck due to nightmare
  13. to bathe with a mixture of flower water and kaffir lime to heal from being possessed by spirit

Etymology

Affixation of kuras + meng-.

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