sebak

Malay

Etymology

From Malay roots; possibly from Proto-Malayic *sebak (“to choke up, to be overcome with emotion”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.baʔ/

Adjective

sebak (Jawi spelling سبق, comparative lebih sebak, superlative paling sebak)

  1. flooded, inundated
    Synonyms: banjir, tergenang
  2. (of eyes) to well up with tears
    Synonym: bergenang
  3. short of breath, gasping
    Synonyms: sesak, tercungap, termengah
  4. (figurative) choked up; overcome with emotion; unable to speak because of strong feeling.
    Dia sebak ketika mengenang ibunya yang telah tiada. ― He was choked up remembering his late mother.
  5. (figurative) tight; constricted (of the chest or throat due to emotion or crying).
    Dadanya terasa sebak menahan tangis. ― His chest felt tight as he held back tears.

Noun

sebak (Jawi spelling سبق, plural sebak-sebak or sebak2)

  1. inundation, flooding of streams
    Synonym: genangan
  2. (figurative) feeling of choking up or emotional heaviness.
    Rasa sebak itu sukar digambarkan. ― That feeling of choking up is hard to describe.

Verb

sebak (Jawi spelling سبق)

  1. (rare) to gasp
    Synonyms: mencungap, mengah

Derived terms

Affixations
  • kesebakan
  • tersebak

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “سبق sĕbak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 19
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سبق sebak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 370
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sĕbak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 396

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