tembak
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
tembak
- (Manglish) to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay tembak, from Classical Malay tembak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak.
Verb edit
tembak
- to shoot (to fire a shot)
Adjective edit
tembak
- (colloquial) counterfeit, fraudulent (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- Synonym: palsu
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Semantic loan from Minangkabau tembak.
Noun edit
tembak (first-person possessive tembakku, second-person possessive tembakmu, third-person possessive tembaknya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tembak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From timbak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tembak (Jawi spelling تيمبق)
- to shoot (to fire a shot)