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)
- (intransitive) to appear, to become vaguely visible
- (intransitive) to flash (across).
- (intransitive) to loom
- (intransitive) to imagine
- (intransitive) to can be seen
- (intransitive) to can be captured, to can be depicted
Further reading
- “membayang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of meng- + bayang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məm.ba.jaŋ]
- Hyphenation: mem‧ba‧yang
Verb
membayang (Jawi spelling ممبايڠ)
Further reading
- “membayang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017