Dia mengukir dan melicinkan corak ini.

In Malay, dia is a third-person singular pronoun that can mean he, she, or sometimes they in a very general singular sense, depending on context. Malay does not usually mark gender in pronouns the way English does.

So in this sentence, Dia mengukir dan melicinkan corak ini, you need context to know whether the person is male or female.

Mengukir comes from the root word ukir, meaning carve or engrave.

The prefix meN- is a very common Malay verb-forming prefix used for active verbs, especially when the subject is doing an action to something. When it is attached to ukir, it becomes mengukir.

So:

• ukir = carve / carving as a root
• mengukir = to carve, is carving

The form meng- is just one version of the meN- prefix. Its shape changes depending on the first sound of the root word.

Licin is basically an adjective meaning smooth or slippery.

To turn that idea into a verb meaning to make smooth, Malay adds:

• the active verb prefix meN-
• the suffix -kan

So:

• licin = smooth
• melicinkan = to smooth, to make something smooth

In this sentence, melicinkan means the subject is actively causing the object to become smooth.

The suffix -kan often gives a verb a causative sense, meaning to cause something to become a certain way, or to do something to an object.

Here:

• licin = smooth
• melicinkan = to make smooth

So -kan helps show that the action is being done to an object. In this sentence, that object is corak ini.

Yes. Dan means and.

It links the two verbs:

• mengukir = carving
• melicinkan = smoothing

So the sentence says that the same subject, dia, is doing both actions.

Normally, corak ini is understood as the object of both verbs.

So the structure is:

• Dia = subject
• mengukir dan melicinkan = two coordinated verbs
• corak ini = shared object

This is very natural in Malay. It works much like English in a sentence such as He carves and smooths this pattern.

In Malay, demonstratives such as ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• corak ini = this pattern
• rumah itu = that house

This is one of the most important word-order differences from English.

Corak usually means pattern, design, or motif.

The best English choice depends on context. If the sentence is about woodwork, decoration, or carving, pattern or design are both natural translations.

So corak ini means this pattern/design.

No, not by itself. Malay verbs do not normally change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So mengukir and melicinkan do not automatically mean only:

• carves
• is carving
• carved

The time is usually understood from context or from time words such as:

• sedang = currently / in the middle of
• sudah = already
• akan = will

For example:

• Dia sedang mengukir dan melicinkan corak ini. = He/She is carving and smoothing this pattern.
• Dia sudah mengukir dan melicinkan corak ini. = He/She has already carved and smoothed this pattern.

Sometimes yes, if the subject is already clear from context. Malay often allows subjects to be omitted when they are understood.

But including dia makes the sentence complete and clear, especially in isolation.

So:

• Dia mengukir dan melicinkan corak ini. = fully explicit
• Mengukir dan melicinkan corak ini. = possible in context, but less complete on its own