membayang-bayangi
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məmˌbajaŋ baˈjaŋi/ [məmˌba.jaŋ baˈja.ŋi]
- Rhymes: -aŋi
- Syllabification: mem‧ba‧yang-ba‧ya‧ngi
Verb
membayang-bayangi (active membayang-bayangi, reflexive passive terbayang-bayangi, ordinary passive dibayang-bayangi, imperative bayang-bayangi, emphatic-jussive bayang-bayangilah)
- to shade, to overshadow, to be darken.
- to shadow, to trail, to follow someone, to keep a close eye on.
- to obsess, to hang over, to cast a shadow over.
Further reading
- “membayang-bayangi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of bayang-bayang + meng- -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məm.ba.jaŋ ba.ja.ŋi]
Verb
membayang-bayangi (Jawi spelling ممبايڠ-بايڠي)
- Active of bayang-bayangi.