bayangkan

Indonesian

Etymology

bayang +‎ -kan

Verb

bayangkan

1. to imagine
   • 2017, SimulasiKredit:

     Sulit dibayangkan alasan mengapa selembar kertas bisa dianggap memiliki nilai yang sama dengan seekor kambing, misalnya, atau sebuah layar televisi.

     It's hard to imagine the reason why a piece of paper could be considered to have the same value as a goat, for example, or a television screen.

2. to fantasize
3. to dream

Conjugation

Conjugation of bayang (meng-, intransitive)

root	bayang
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	membayangi	terbayangi	dibayangi	bayangi	bayangilah
causative / applicative1	membayangkan	terbayangkan	dibayangkan	bayangkan	bayangkanlah
	causative
active	memperbayang	terperbayang	diperbayang	perbayangkan	perbayanglah
locative	memperbayangi	terperbayangi	diperbayangi	perbayangi	perbayangilah
causative / applicative1	memperbayangkan	terperbayangkan	diperbayangkan	perbayangkan	perbayangkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Malay

Alternative forms

• bayang-bayangkan

Etymology

Affixation of bayang +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.jaŋ.kan]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yang‧kan

Verb

bayangkan (Jawi spelling بايڠکن, active membayangkan, 3rd person passive dibayangkan)

1. to imagine (form a mental image of something)

   Synonym: imaginasikan

2. to imply
3. to reflect (give evidence of something)

   Synonym: cerminkan

Further reading

• “membayangkan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.