tembak

== English == === Etymology === From Malay tembak. === Verb === tembak (Manglish) to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === From Malay tembak, from Classical Malay tembak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtembak/ [ˈt̪em.bak̚] Rhymes: -embak Syllabification: tem‧bak ==== Verb ==== tembak (standard active menembak, nonstandard active nembak, standard reflexive passive tertembak, standard ordinary passive ditembak, standard imperative tembak, standard emphatic-jussive tembaklah) to shoot (to fire a shot) (informal) to declare one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone; to ask out (figurative, colloquial) to get legal document without or skip legal procedure to charge price at will (Medan-Jakarta slang) to eat without paying the bill ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Semantic loan from Minangkabau tembak. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtembak/ [ˈt̪em.bak̚] Rhymes: -embak Syllabification: tem‧bak ==== Noun ==== tembak (plural tembak-tembak) (rare) aim, purpose Synonyms: arah, maksud, tuju ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “tembak”, 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 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*timbak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Malay == === Alternative forms === timbak (obsolete) === Etymology === From timbak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tembaʔ/ Rhymes: -embaʔ, -baʔ, -aʔ === Verb === tembak (Jawi spelling تيمبق) to shoot (to fire a shot)