bersembah

Affixation of ber- +‎ sembah.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /bə(r)səmˈbah/ [bə(r).səmˈbah]

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bərsəmˈbah/ [bər.səmˈbah]
• Hyphenation: ber‧sem‧bah

bersembah (Jawi spelling برسمبه) (intransitive, honorific)

1. To say.

   Synonyms: berkata, bercakap

   • 2012, Yuen Boon Chan, Woo Tack Lok, Hikayat Tiga Negara [The Tale of the Three Kingdoms], volume 4:

     Para menteri bersembah, “Sekarang hujan musim gugur tidak berhenti turun selama sebulan, sedang tentera dan kuda telah letih, bolehlah dipanggil Sima Yi balik, biar berhenti berperang dahulu.” “Panglima Sima pandai menggunakan siasah berperang.

     All the ministers said, "As of now the autumn rain will not stop for a month, and the infantry and the cavalry are exhausted, so Sima Yi can be ordered to return and make the fighting stop first." "General Sima was wise in the ways of war.

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