sembunyi

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sembunyi.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səmˈbuɲi/ [səmˈbu.ɲi]
  • Rhymes: -uɲi
  • Syllabification: sem‧bu‧nyi

Verb

sembunyi

  1. (intransitive) to hide
    Synonym: bersembunyi

Conjugation

Conjugation of sembunyi (ber-, intransitive)
root sembunyi
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative bersembunyi tersembunyi sembunyi sembunyilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 menyembunyikan tersembunyikan disembunyikan sembunyikan sembunyikanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • bersembunyi
  • bersembunyi-sembunyi
  • bersembunyi-sembunyian
  • ketersembunyian
  • menyembunyikan
  • penyembunyian
  • persembunyian
  • sembunyi-sembunyi
  • sembunyi-sembunyian
  • tersembunyi
  • kacang sembunyi

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sAmbuñi, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *sambuni. Doublet of *buni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, from Proto-Austronesian *buNi (to hide, conceal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səm.bu.ɲi./
  • Rhymes: -buɲi, -uɲi, -ɲi

Verb

sembunyi (Jawi spelling سمبوڽي)

  1. (transitive) to hide
    Synonym: menyorok

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sembunyi

References