sembah

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See also: sêmbah

Balinese

Romanization

sembah

  1. Romanization of ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ

Iban

Pronunciation

Verb

sembah

  1. to worship
  2. to revere
  3. to honor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sembah, from Classical Malay sembah, from Javanese sembah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sêm‧bah

Verb

sêmbah

  1. to worship
  2. to lower oneself

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

sembah

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Javanese sembah.

Pronunciation

Verb

sembah (Jawi spelling سمبه)

  1. to worship
  2. to revere
  3. to kowtow

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sembah
  • → Cebuano: simba
  • →? Makasar: somba
  • → Maranao: simba
  • → Min Nan: 占巴
  • → Tagalog: samba
  • →? Toba Batak: somba
  • → Urak Lawoi': ซือมัฮ (semah)

References

  1. ^ Blust, R., Trussel, S. (2010–) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition‎

Further reading

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