bangkit
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bangkit, perhaps from Old Javanese baṅkit (“meeting all requirements, ideal, perfect, harmonious, with perfect taste; beautiful, attractive, tasteful; able, competent, efficient”).
Verb
bangkit
- to get up (e.g. from sitting position)
- Synonym: bangun
- to rise
- to arise (e.g. feelings, emotions)
- to rise from the dead
- to swell or puff up in the process of making dough)
- to recur; relapse (of a disease)
- Synonym: kambuh
Further reading
- “bangkit” 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.