tembak
English
Etymology
From Malay tembak.
Verb
tembak
- (Manglish) to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tembak/, [ˈtɛmbak̚]
- Rhymes: -embak, -bak, -ak
Etymology 1
From Malay tembak, from Classical Malay tembak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak.
Verb
tembak
- to shoot (to fire a shot)
Adjective
tembak
- (colloquial) counterfeit, fraudulent (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- Synonym: palsu
Derived terms
- bertembakan
- menembak
- menembaki
- menembakkan
- penembak
- penembakan
- petembak
- tembakan
- tembak-menembak
- tembak-tembakan
- tertembak
- termometer tembak
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from Minangkabau tembak.
Noun
tembak (first-person possessive tembakku, second-person possessive tembakmu, third-person possessive tembaknya)
- (rare) aim, purpose
- Synonyms: arah, maksud, tuju
Derived terms
- menembak
Further reading
- “tembak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
- timbak
- تيمبق
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)