mending

English

Verb

mending

1. present participle and gerund of mend

Noun

mending (plural mendings)

1. The act by which something is mended or repaired.
   • 1844, Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads, page 133:

     This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings […]

Derived terms

• fence-mending
• roadmending

Iban

Etymology

From N- +‎ pending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məndiə̯ŋ]
• Hyphenation: men‧ding
• Rhymes: -iə̯ŋ

Verb

mending

1. to hear

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese mending, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məndiŋ]
• Hyphenation: men‧ding

Adverb

mending

1. (colloquial) used to specify choice or preference; rather, preferably, in preference to (usually followed by daripada)

   Aku mending pilih yang ini daripada yang lainnya. ― I'd rather choose this than the others.

2. (colloquial) best; to the most advantage, with the most success

   Mengapa beli rokok? Mending beli gado-gado. ― Why would you buy cigarettes? You'd best buy gado-gado instead.

3. (colloquial) Used to express comparison between a situation deemed more fortunate than a worse hypothetical.

   Masih mending kamu tidak dipukuli orang itu. ― You're lucky that you weren't hit by that person instead.

Derived terms

• mendingan

Further reading

• “mending”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016