membunuh

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məmbunʊh/
  • Rhymes: -unʊh, -nʊh, -ʊh
  • Hyphenation: mem‧bu‧nuh

Etymology 1

From Malay membunuh. Equivalent to meng- + bunuh. The sense to cause someone died is a semantic loan from English kill.

Verb

membunuh (passive dibunuh)

  1. (transitive, literally) To extinguish the life; to make someone die; to kill.
  2. (transitive) To cause someone died (indirect killing).
    Rokok membunuhmu.
    Smoking kills you.

Etymology 2

Unknown

Verb

membunuh (passive dibunuh)

  1. (transitive) To erase (writing), to extinguish (fire), to close (leakage).(Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Further reading


Malay

Etymology

mem- + bunuh.

Pronunciation

Verb

membunuh (Jawi spelling ممبونوه)

  1. to kill (put to death)
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