No. 664 in Malay

muka

"Face"

In a sentence

Dia mencuci muka di bilik air.
She is washing her face in the bathroom.
In this sentence, 'muka' refers to 'face', indicating the front part of the head that includes the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Dia berpura-pura tenang walaupun sebenarnya hatinya gelisah - sungguh dia seorang yang bermuka dua.
He pretends to be calm even though his heart is restless - indeed, he is a two-faced person.
In this sentence, 'muka' is part of the term 'bermuka dua', which idiomatically means being deceitful or hypocritical.
Kami duduk di muka surat pertama buku itu.
We are looking at the first page of that book.
In this sentence, 'muka' appears in the term 'muka surat', which means 'page' in a book, indicating its ordinal position or location.

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