sembunyi

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sembunyi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səmˈbuɲi/ [səmˈbu.ɲi]
• Rhymes: -uɲi
• Syllabification: sem‧bu‧nyi

Verb

sembunyi

1. (intransitive) to hide

   Synonym: bersembunyi

Conjugation

Conjugation of sembunyi (ber-, intransitive)

root	sembunyi
	active	passive		imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	bersembunyi	tersembunyi	–	sembunyi	sembunyilah
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	menyembunyikan	tersembunyikan	disembunyikan	sembunyikan	sembunyikanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² 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.

Derived terms

• bersembunyi
• bersembunyi-sembunyi
• bersembunyi-sembunyian
• ketersembunyian
• menyembunyikan
• penyembunyian
• persembunyian
• sembunyi-sembunyi
• sembunyi-sembunyian
• tersembunyi

• kacang sembunyi

Further reading

• “sembunyi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sAmbuñi, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *sambuni. Doublet of *buni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, from Proto-Austronesian *buNi (“to hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səm.bu.ɲi./
• Rhymes: -buɲi, -uɲi, -ɲi

Verb

sembunyi (Jawi spelling سمبوڽي)

1. (transitive) to hide

   Synonym: menyorok

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyembunyi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyembunyian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• persembunyian [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• sembunyikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• menyembunyikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• disembunyikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• tersembunyi [agentless action] (teR-)
• bersembunyi [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• sembunyi-sembunyi [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

• Indonesian: sembunyi

References

• "sembunyi" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “sembunyi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.