dengar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dengar, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /də.ŋar/
  • Hyphenation: dē‧ngar

Verb

dengar (used in the form mendengar)

  1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
  2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
  3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
  4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
  5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

Conjugation
Conjugation of dengar (meng-, transitive)
Root dengar
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mendengar terdengar didengar dengar dengarlah
Locative mendengari terdengari didengari dengari dengarilah
Causative / Applicative1 mendengarkan terdengarkan didengarkan dengarkan dengarkanlah
Causative
Locative – – – – –
Causative / Applicative1 memperdengarkan – diperdengarkan perdengarkan perdengarkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dəŋa(r)/
  • Rhymes: -əŋa(r), -ŋa(r), -a(r)

Verb

dengar (used in the form mendengar)

  1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
  2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
  3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
  4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
  5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)
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