sembah

See also: sêmbah

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese sĕmbah (cognate Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah)), from Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ.

Noun

sembah (Balinese script ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ)

  1. the bow with palms together of an inferior to a superior
  • sumbah

Verb

sembah (Balinese script ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ)

  1. to greet a superior

Derived terms

  • nyembah

Further reading

  • “sembah” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səmˈba̯h/

Verb

sembah

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səmˈbah/ [səmˈbah]
  • Rhymes: -mbah, -bah, -ah

Verb

sembah (Jawi spelling سمبه)

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penyembah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penyembahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • sembahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • sesembahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + immediacy / habitual] (-an + se-)
  • persembah [causative passive] (peR-)
  • persembahkan [causative passive + causative benefactive] (peR- + -kan)
  • persembahan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
  • menyembah [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menyembahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • disembah [patient focus] (di-)
  • disembahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • tersembah [agentless action] (teR-)
  • tersembahkan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
  • bersembah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • bersembahkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
  • mempersembah [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
  • mempersembahkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • dipersembah [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
  • dipersembahkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

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

References

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

Further reading

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