membesar
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mêmbêsar
- (intransitive) to grow
- (intransitive) to become or get louder
- (intransitive, figuratively) to become arrogant
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixation of meng- + besar (“big, adult (grown up)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]membesar (Jawi spelling ممبسر)
- (intransitive) to become bigger or to increase in size
- Mengapakah bayang-bayang kita membesar pada waktu awal pagi dan waktu lewat petang?
- Why do our shadows get bigger in the early morning and in the late afternoon?
- (intransitive) to grow up
- Saya membesar dekat Amerika Syarikat.
- I grew up in the United States.
- (intransitive, figurative) to be arrogant
Further reading
[edit]- “membesar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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