semak

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmea̯ʔ/

Adjective

semak

1. near, close (at a little distance)

Preposition

semak

1. near

Antonyms

• jauh

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay semak (“bush”), from metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmaʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: sê‧mak

Noun

sêmak (plural semak-semak, first-person possessive semakku, second-person possessive semakmu, third-person possessive semaknya)

1. bush
2. scrub
3. shrub

Adjective

sêmak

1. bushy: like a bush in having many widely spread branches.
2. (figuratively) complicated; disturbed and confused.

   Synonym: kusut

Derived terms

• bersemak
• menyemak
• menyemakkan
• semak-semak

 

• semak belukar
• semak hati
• semak pikiran
• semak samun
• semak tinggi

 

Etymology 2

Affixed se- +‎ emak, mak (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmaʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: sê‧mak

Noun

sêmak (plural semak-semak, first-person possessive semakku, second-person possessive semakmu, third-person possessive semaknya)

1. (uterine) sibling.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.maʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: sé‧mak

Verb

sémak

1. Alternative spelling of simak

Further reading

• “semak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”) (with metathesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmak/
• Rhymes: -əmak, -mak, -ak
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [səˈmäʔ, -mäk̚]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

semak (Jawi spelling سمق, plural semak-samun, informal 1st possessive semakku, 2nd possessive semakmu, 3rd possessive semaknya)

1. bush

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menyemak [agent focus] (meN-)
• bersemak [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: semak

Etymology 2

From Persian سمع (sam'), from Arabic اِسْمَعْ (ismaʕ), سَمْع (samʕ, “to hear; to listen; to learn, to be told”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semak/
• Rhymes: -emak, -mak, -ak
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [seˈmäʔ, -mäk̚]

Verb

sémak (Jawi spelling سيمق)

1. to check, to scan
2. (rare) to listen
3. (rare) to revise

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyemak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyemakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• semakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menyemak [agent focus] (meN-)
• menyemak [agent focus] (meN-)
• tersemak [agentless action] (teR-)
• bersemak [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: simak

Further reading

• “semak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.