semak

• IPA^(key): /səmea̯ʔ/

semak

1. near, close (at a little distance)

semak

1. near

• jauh

Inherited from Malay semak (“bush”), from metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”).

• IPA^(key): /səˈmaʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: sê‧mak

sêmak (plural semak-semak)

1. bush
2. scrub
3. shrub

sêmak (comparative lebih semak, superlative paling semak)

1. bushy: like a bush in having many widely spread branches
2. (figuratively) complicated; disturbed and confused

   Synonym: kusut

Affixed se- +‎ emak, mak (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): /səˈmaʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: sê‧mak

sêmak (plural semak-semak)

1. (uterine) sibling

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.maʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: sé‧mak

sémak

1. alternative spelling of simak

• “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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”) (with metathesis).

• (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA^(key): /səˈmak/ [səˈmaʔ]
• Rhymes: -ak
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [səˈmäʔ, -mäk̚]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: se‧mak

semak (Jawi spelling سمق, plural semak-samun)

1. bush^[1]

• > Indonesian: semak (inherited)

semak (Jawi spelling سمق)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) annoying, burdensome, troublesome

   Synonyms: menggemaskan, menjengkelkan, menyakitkan hati

   Semak sial budak ni. ― This kid is fucking annoying.

   Jangan buat semak kat sini. ― Don't be a troublesome person here.

   • 2011 May 10, Fariha Abd Manaff, Cemerkap Itu Fabulous!‎^[2]:

     Semak doh bau!

     The smell is annoying!

2. (Malaysia, colloquial) messy^[2] (of a place)

   Synonyms: selerak, sepah, serak

   Antonym: kemas

   Bapak ah! Semak gila bilik kau. ― What the fuck! Your room is messy.

From Persian سمع (sam'), from Arabic اِسْمَعْ (ismaʕ), سَمْع (samʕ, “to hear; to listen; to learn, to be told”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsemak/ [ˈse.maʔ]
• Rhymes: -emak, -mak, -ak
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [seˈmäʔ, -mäk̚]

sémak (Jawi spelling سيمق)

1. to check, to scan
2. (rare) to listen
3. (rare) to revise

• > Indonesian: simak (inherited)

• “semak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.