menembak

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• nembak (slang, colloquial)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mənəmˈbak/ [mə.nəmˈbak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: me‧nem‧bak

Etymology 1

Affixation of tembak (“to shoot; to confess one's feelings; to charge price at will”) +‎ meng-.

Verb

menembak

1. to shoot; to fire (a weapon that releases a projectile)
2. (informal) to declare one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone

   Synonyms: mengungkapkan perasaan, menyatakan cinta

3. (figurative, colloquial) to get legal document without or skip legal procedure

Etymology 2

Affixation of tembak (“aim, purpose”) +‎ meng-.

Verb

menembak

1. to point out

   Synonym: menujukan

2. to direct to
3. to mean

   Synonym: memaksudkan

4. to strike (lightning)

Further reading

• “menembak”, 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