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sembah

sembah

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See also: sêmbah

Balinese

Romanization

sembah

Romanization of ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səmˈba̯h/

Verb

sembah

to worship
to revere
to honor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sembah, from Classical Malay sembah, from Javanese sembah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [səmˈbah]
Hyphenation: sêm‧bah

Verb

sêmbah

to worship
to lower oneself

Derived terms

sembahyang

Further reading

“sembah” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

sembah

Romanization of ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səmˈbah/
Rhymes: -mbah, -bah, -ah

Verb

sembah (Jawi spelling سمبه)

to worship
to revere
to kowtow

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

penyembah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
penyembahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
sembahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
sesembahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + immediacy / habitual] (-an + se-)
persembah [causative passive] (peR-)
persembahkan [causative passive + causative benefactive] (peR- + -kan)
persembahan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
menyembah [agent focus] (meN-)
menyembahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
disembah [patient focus] (di-)
disembahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
tersembah [agentless action] (teR-)
tersembahkan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
bersembah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
bersembahkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
mempersembah [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
mempersembahkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
dipersembah [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
dipersembahkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

Indonesian: sembah
→ Cebuano: simba
→? Makasar: somba
→ Maranao: simba
→ Min Nan: 占巴
→ Tagalog: samba
→? Toba Batak: somba
→ Urak Lawoi': ซือมัฮ (semah)

References

^ Blust, R., Trussel, S. (2010–) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition‎^[1]

Further reading

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

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