membantah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay membantah, from Classical Malay membantah. Equivalent to meng- +‎ bantah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məm.ban.tah/
• Hyphenation: mêm‧ban‧tah

Verb

membantah

1. (transitive, intransitive) to oppose, to disobey (to fail to obey someone in authority)
2. (transitive) to dispute, to contest (to oppose an opinion or theory as mistaken or wrong)

   Synonyms: menyanggah, menyangkal

Related terms

• berbantah
• berbantah-bantah
• berbantah-bantahan
• membantahi
• membantahkan
• pembantah
• pembantahan
• perbantahan
• terbantahkan

 

Further reading

• “membantah” 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.