FromMalaytembak.
tembak
- (Manglish) toguess theanswer to amultiple-choice question
FromMalaytembak, fromClassical Malaytembak, fromProto-Malayic*timbak, from (Western)Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ti(m)bak.
tembak (standard activemenembak,nonstandard activenembak,standard reflexive passivetertembak,standard ordinary passiveditembak,standard imperativetembak,standard emphatic-jussivetembaklah)
- toshoot(to fire a shot)
- (informal) todeclare one's love, toconfess one'sfeelings to someone; toask out
- (figurative, colloquial) to get legal document without or skip legal procedure
- to charge price at will
- (Medan-Jakarta slang) to eat without paying the bill
Semantic loan fromMinangkabautembak.
tembak (pluraltembak-tembak)
- (rare)aim,purpose
- Synonyms:arah,maksud,tuju
- “tembak”, inKamus 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
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*timbak”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
Fromtimbak, fromProto-Malayic*timbak, from (Western)Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ti(m)bak.
tembak (Jawi spellingتيمبق)
- toshoot(to fire a shot)
