Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macam

/ˈmat͡ʃam/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: macam
IPA: /ˈmat͡ʃam/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Like, similar to, resembling.

Example Sentences

"Eee! Who-ah? You-ah? Oi! Cannot tahan man. Never shit so long-ah? Macham atomic bomb man. Uncle! Your old backside got big gas refinery is it?"
"Macham [like] monster like that. My eyes lagi [even more] worse."
"Macam like rats stuck in pigeon holes"

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay macam (“like”).

Inflected Forms

macham (alternative) machiam (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce macam?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmat͡ʃam/.
What does macam mean?: Like, similar to, resembling.
Where does macam come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Malay macam (“like”).

How to pronounce macam

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