semak
Iban edit
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semak
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semak
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Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay semak (“bush”), from metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”).
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sêmak (plural semak-semak, first-person possessive semakku, second-person possessive semakmu, third-person possessive semaknya)
Adjective edit
sêmak
- bushy: like a bush in having many widely spread branches.
- (figuratively) complicated; disturbed and confused.
- Synonym: kusut
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Etymology 2 edit
Affixed se- + emak, mak (“mother”).
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sêmak (plural semak-semak, first-person possessive semakku, second-person possessive semakmu, third-person possessive semaknya)
- (uterine) sibling.
Etymology 3 edit
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Verb edit
sémak
- Alternative spelling of simak
Further reading edit
- “semak” 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.
Malay edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”) (with metathesis).
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Noun edit
semak (Jawi spelling سمق, plural semak-samun, informal 1st possessive semakku, 2nd possessive semakmu, 3rd possessive semaknya)
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Descendants edit
- Indonesian: semak
Etymology 2 edit
From Persian سمع (sam'), from Arabic اِسْمَعْ (ismaʕ), سَمْع (samʕ, “to hear; to listen; to learn, to be told”).
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Verb edit
sémak (Jawi spelling سيمق)
Derived terms edit
Regular affixed derivations:
- penyemak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penyemakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- semakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- menyemak [agent focus] (meN-)
- menyemak [agent focus] (meN-)
- tersemak [agentless action] (teR-)
- bersemak [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: simak
Further reading edit
- “semak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.