tembak

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English

Etymology

From Malay tembak.

Verb

tembak

  1. (Manglish) to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay tembak, from Classical Malay tembak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak.

Verb

tembak

  1. to shoot (to fire a shot)

Adjective

tembak

  1. (colloquial) counterfeit, fraudulent (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonym: palsu

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Minangkabau tembak.

Noun

tembak (first-person possessive tembakku, second-person possessive tembakmu, third-person possessive tembaknya)

  1. (rare) aim, purpose
    Synonyms: arah, maksud, tuju
Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From timbak, from Proto-Malayic *timbak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak.

Pronunciation

Verb

tembak (Jawi spelling تيمبق)

  1. to shoot (to fire a shot)
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