sembang

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsembaŋ/ [ˈsem.baŋ]
  • Rhymes: -embaŋ, -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: sem‧bang

Verb

sémbang

  1. to talk, to speak
    Synonyms: bagitahu, berbual, beritahu, bicara, bilang, borak, cakap, habaq (Northern Peninsular Malay), kata, kecek (Kelantan-Pattani), kurapak (Brunei), tutur (formal)
    Synonyms: obrol (Indonesia), omong (Indonesia)
    1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) to exaggerate, to speak nonsense, to talk out of one's ass
      Synonyms: sembang kencang (colloquial), sembang kote (Malaysia, slang, vulgar), sembang konek (Malaysia, slang, vulgar)
      Si Leman tu sembang je lebih. ― That Leman is just all talk.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • bersembang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Interjection

sémbang

  1. (colloquial) bullshit! nonsense!
    Synonym: butoh (vulgar)

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