mencedok

Malay

Etymology

Apparently meng- +‎ cedok. Sense 2 may be by extension from sense 1.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /mən.t͡ʃe.doʔ/

Verb

mencédok (Jawi spelling منچيدوق) (transitive)

1. To ladle; to take as if with a ladle.
2. To copy; to take (someone else's writing, etc.) without modification; to plagiarise.

Further reading

• "mencedok" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017