menyembah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məɲəmˈbah/ [mə.ɲəmˈbah]
  • Rhymes: -ah
  • Syllabification: me‧nyem‧bah

Verb

mênyembah

  1. active of sembah

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of meng- +‎ sembah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məɲəmˈbah/ [mə.ɲəmˈbah]
  • Hyphenation: me‧nyem‧bah

Verb

menyembah (Jawi spelling مڽمبه, bare form sembah, third-person passive disembah)

  1. (transitive) to worship
    Synonym: memuja
  2. (transitive) to revere
    Synonym: memuja
  3. (intransitive) to show respect by doing the sembah gesture
  4. (intransitive) to kowtow

Derived terms

Compounds
  • menyembah bumi

Further reading

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