sembah

See also: sêmbah

Balinese

Romanization

sembah

1. Romanization of ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmˈba̯h/

Verb

sembah

1. to worship
2. to revere
3. to honor

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sêmbah

1. to worship
2. to lower oneself

Derived terms

• bersembah
• mempersembahkan
• menyembah
• menyembahkan
• penyembah
• penyembahan
• persembahan
• sembahan
• sesembahan

 

• sembah akhir
• sembah simpuh
• sembah sujud
• sembah sungkem

 

• 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

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sembah (Jawi spelling سمبه)

1. to worship
2. to revere
3. 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:

• angkat sembah
• sembah akhir
• sembah bumi
• sembah salam
• sembah simpuh
• sembah sujud
• sembah takzim
• sembahyang

Descendants

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

Further reading

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