membayang

Indonesian

Etymology

bayang +‎ meng-, inherited from Malay membayang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məmˈbajaŋ/ [məmˈba.jaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ajaŋ
  • Syllabification: mem‧ba‧yang

Verb

membayang (active membayang, reflexive passive terbayang, ordinary passive dibayang, imperative bayang, emphatic-jussive bayanglah)

  1. (intransitive) to appear, to become vaguely visible
  2. (intransitive) to flash (across).
  3. (intransitive) to loom
  4. (intransitive) to imagine
  5. (intransitive) to can be seen
  6. (intransitive) to can be captured, to can be depicted

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of meng- +‎ bayang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [məm.ba.jaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: mem‧ba‧yang

Verb

membayang (Jawi spelling ممبايڠ)

  1. (intransitive) to appear like a shadow or blurry
  2. (intransitive) to be apparent

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