kembali
Indonesian
Etymology
From inherited Malay kembali.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəmˈbali]
- Hyphenation: kêm‧ba‧li
Verb
kêmbali
- to return (from a place to a place)
- Synonym: balik
- to repeat
Usage notes
- For saying “return” as in returning something to someone, see mengembalikan.
Adverb
kêmbali
- again, once more
Derived terms
- kembalian
- mengembalikan
- pengembalian
- kembali asal
- kembali ke kandang
- kembali ke rahmatullah
- kembali modal
Further reading
- “kembali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Related to balik.
Verb
kĕmbali (Jawi spelling کمبالي)
- to go back, to return (From one place to another)
- to repeat, to do again
Usage notes
- For saying “return” as in returning something to someone, see mengembalikan.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pengembali [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pengembalian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- kembalian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- kekembalian [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- kembali-kembali [reduplication] (redup)
- sekembali [comparability] (se-)
- perkembali [causative passive] (peR-)
- perkembalian [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
- kembalikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- mengembalikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- dikembalikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terkembali [agentless action] (teR-)
- kembali ke rahmatullah (to die)
Adverb
kĕmbali (Jawi spelling کمبالي)
- again, once more
Further reading
- “kembali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.