tembak

English

Etymology

From Malay tembak.

Verb

tembak

1. (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

1. to shoot (to fire a shot)
2. (informal) to declare one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone.
3. (figurative, colloquial) to get legal document without or skip legal procedure.
4. to charge price at will.

Adjective

tembak

1. (colloquial) counterfeit, fraudulent (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonym: palsu

Derived terms

• bertembakan
• menembak
• menembaki
• menembakkan
• penembak
• penembakan
• petembak
• tembak-menembak
• tembak-tembakan
• 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)

1. (rare) aim, purpose

   Synonyms: arah, maksud, tuju

Derived terms

• menembak

 

Further reading

• “tembak” 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

Alternative forms

• timbak (obsolete)

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)

1. to shoot (to fire a shot)