semak

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

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

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

1. bush
2. scrub
3. shrub

sêmak

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

   Synonym: kusut

Affixed se- +‎ emak, mak (“mother”).

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

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

1. (uterine) sibling.

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

sémak

1. Alternative spelling of simak

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

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

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

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

1. bush

• Indonesian: semak

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

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

sémak (Jawi spelling سيمق‎)

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

• Indonesian: simak

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