terbalik

• (erroneous) tombalik, tombalek

From Malay terbalik.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [t˭əˈbɑ˧.leʔ˦], [t˭o˨-]

terbalik (not comparable)

1. (Manglish, Singlish, predicative) Upside-down; inverted.

Affixation of balik +‎ ter-, inherited from Malay terbalik.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tərˈbalik/ [t̪ərˈba.lɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -alik
• Syllabification: ter‧ba‧lik

terbalik (active membalik, reflexive passive terbalik, ordinary passive dibalik, imperative balik, emphatic-jussive baliklah)

1. passive reflexive of membalik

terbalik (comparative lebih terbalik, superlative paling terbalik)

1. overturned, turned over
2. tipped (to one side)
3. somersaulted
4. inside out
5. upside down
6. inverted

• “terbalik”, 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

Affixation of ter- +‎ balik (“to return”). Compare with Tagalog tumbalik (“upside-down, inverted, reverse”).

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /tərˈbalik/ [t̪ərˈba.liʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /tə(r)ˈbalek/ [t̪ə(r)ˈba.leʔ]
  • Rhymes: -eʔ
• Hyphenation: ter‧ba‧lik

terbalik (Jawi spelling تربليق, comparative lebih terbalik, superlative paling terbalik)

1. inverted
2. upside-down

• > Indonesian: terbalik (inherited)