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)

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
• 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)

1. to shoot (to fire a shot)