bantah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay بنته (bantah).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbantah/ [ˈban̪.t̪ah]
Rhymes: -antah
Syllabification: ban‧tah

Verb

bantah (base-imperative bantah, active membantah, ordinary passive dibantah, adversative passive terbantah)

base-imperative of membantah

Alternative forms

bentoh

Derived terms

bantah-bantah
bantah-membantah
bantahan
berbantah
berbantah-bantah
berbantah-bantahan
dibantah
dibantahi
dibantahkan
diperbantahkan
membantah
membantahi
membantahkan
memperbantahkan
pembantah
pembantahan
perbantahan
terbantah
terbantahkan

Further reading

“bantah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

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Verb

bantah (Jawi spelling بنته)

to protest

Descendants

> Indonesian: bantah (inherited)

Further reading

"bantah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017