dengar

dengar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dengar, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ŋar/
• Hyphenation: dē‧ngar

Verb

dengar (used in the form mendengar)

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dengar (meng-, transitive)
Root	dengar
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mendengar	terdengar	didengar	dengar	dengarlah
Locative	mendengari	terdengari	didengari	dengari	dengarilah
Causative / Applicative1	mendengarkan	terdengarkan	didengarkan	dengarkan	dengarkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memperdengarkan	–	diperdengarkan	perdengarkan	perdengarkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berdengar
• dengaran
• dengar-dengaran
• kedengaran
• memperdengarkan
• mendengar
• mendengarkan
• pendengar
• pendengaran
• terdengar

 

• dengar pendapat

 

Further reading

• “dengar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəŋa(r)/
• Rhymes: -əŋa(r), -ŋa(r), -a(r)

Verb

dengar (used in the form mendengar)

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)