"sembang" meaning in All languages combined

See sembang on Wiktionary

Interjection [Malay]

IPA: /ˈsembaŋ/, [ˈsem.baŋ] Forms: sémbang [canonical]
Rhymes: -embaŋ, -aŋ Head templates: {{ms-interj|head=sémbang}} sémbang
  1. (colloquial) bullshit! nonsense! Tags: colloquial Synonyms: butoh
    Sense id: en-sembang-ms-intj-DL-2-FS0

Verb [Malay]

IPA: /ˈsembaŋ/, [ˈsem.baŋ] Forms: sémbang [canonical]
Rhymes: -embaŋ, -aŋ Head templates: {{ms-verb|head=sémbang}} sémbang
  1. to talk, to speak
    Sense id: en-sembang-ms-verb-AUnYt4H7 Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 50 Synonyms: bagitahu, berbual, beritahu, bicara, bilang, borak, cakap, habaq, kata, kecek, kurapak, tutur, obrol, omong
  2. to talk, to speak
    (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) to exaggerate, to speak nonsense, to talk out of one's ass
    Tags: Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial
    Sense id: en-sembang-ms-verb-QVrEroHp Categories (other): Malaysian Malay, Singapore Malay, Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 23 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 40 55 Synonyms: bagitahu, berbual, beritahu, bicara, bilang, borak, cakap, habaq, kata, kecek, kurapak, tutur, obrol, omong, sembang kencang, sembang kote, sembang konek
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bersembang [stative (alt: beR-), habitual] (beR-) (alt: beR-), sembang kencang, sembang konek, sembang kote
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "beR-",
      "word": "bersembang [stative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "beR-",
      "roman": "beR-",
      "word": "habitual]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sembang kencang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sembang konek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sembang kote"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "sémbang",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "sémbang"
      },
      "expansion": "sémbang",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "sem",
        "bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 44 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak"
      ],
      "id": "en-sembang-ms-verb-AUnYt4H7",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bagitahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "berbual"
        },
        {
          "word": "beritahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "bicara"
        },
        {
          "word": "bilang"
        },
        {
          "word": "borak"
        },
        {
          "word": "cakap"
        },
        {
          "word": "habaq"
        },
        {
          "word": "kata"
        },
        {
          "word": "kecek"
        },
        {
          "word": "kurapak"
        },
        {
          "word": "tutur"
        },
        {
          "word": "obrol"
        },
        {
          "word": "omong"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malaysian Malay",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Singapore Malay",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 44 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 23 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 40 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That Leman is just all talk.",
          "text": "Si Leman tu sembang je lebih.",
          "translation": "That Leman is just all talk.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak",
        "to exaggerate, to speak nonsense, to talk out of one's ass"
      ],
      "id": "en-sembang-ms-verb-QVrEroHp",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerate",
          "exaggerate"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "talk out of one's ass",
          "talk out of one's ass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak",
        "(Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) to exaggerate, to speak nonsense, to talk out of one's ass"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bagitahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "berbual"
        },
        {
          "word": "beritahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "bicara"
        },
        {
          "word": "bilang"
        },
        {
          "word": "borak"
        },
        {
          "word": "cakap"
        },
        {
          "word": "habaq"
        },
        {
          "word": "kata"
        },
        {
          "word": "kecek"
        },
        {
          "word": "kurapak"
        },
        {
          "word": "tutur"
        },
        {
          "word": "obrol"
        },
        {
          "word": "omong"
        },
        {
          "word": "sembang kencang"
        },
        {
          "word": "sembang kote"
        },
        {
          "word": "sembang konek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsembaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsem.baŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-embaŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sembang"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sémbang",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "sémbang"
      },
      "expansion": "sémbang",
      "name": "ms-interj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "sem",
        "bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "bullshit! nonsense!"
      ],
      "id": "en-sembang-ms-intj-DL-2-FS0",
      "links": [
        [
          "bullshit",
          "bullshit"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) bullshit! nonsense!"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "butoh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsembaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsem.baŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-embaŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sembang"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Malay 2-syllable words",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay interjections",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aŋ/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/embaŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/embaŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "beR-",
      "word": "bersembang [stative"
    },
    {
      "alt": "beR-",
      "roman": "beR-",
      "word": "habitual]"
    },
    {
      "word": "sembang kencang"
    },
    {
      "word": "sembang konek"
    },
    {
      "word": "sembang kote"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "sémbang",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "sémbang"
      },
      "expansion": "sémbang",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "sem",
        "bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bagitahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "berbual"
        },
        {
          "word": "beritahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "bicara"
        },
        {
          "word": "bilang"
        },
        {
          "word": "borak"
        },
        {
          "word": "cakap"
        },
        {
          "word": "habaq"
        },
        {
          "word": "kata"
        },
        {
          "word": "kecek"
        },
        {
          "word": "kurapak"
        },
        {
          "word": "tutur"
        },
        {
          "word": "obrol"
        },
        {
          "word": "omong"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay colloquialisms",
        "Malay terms with usage examples",
        "Malaysian Malay",
        "Singapore Malay"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That Leman is just all talk.",
          "text": "Si Leman tu sembang je lebih.",
          "translation": "That Leman is just all talk.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak",
        "to exaggerate, to speak nonsense, to talk out of one's ass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerate",
          "exaggerate"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "talk out of one's ass",
          "talk out of one's ass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak",
        "(Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) to exaggerate, to speak nonsense, to talk out of one's ass"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bagitahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "berbual"
        },
        {
          "word": "beritahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "bicara"
        },
        {
          "word": "bilang"
        },
        {
          "word": "borak"
        },
        {
          "word": "cakap"
        },
        {
          "word": "habaq"
        },
        {
          "word": "kata"
        },
        {
          "word": "kecek"
        },
        {
          "word": "kurapak"
        },
        {
          "word": "tutur"
        },
        {
          "word": "obrol"
        },
        {
          "word": "omong"
        },
        {
          "word": "sembang kencang"
        },
        {
          "word": "sembang kote"
        },
        {
          "word": "sembang konek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsembaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsem.baŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-embaŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sembang"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Malay 2-syllable words",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay interjections",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aŋ/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/embaŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/embaŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sémbang",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "sémbang"
      },
      "expansion": "sémbang",
      "name": "ms-interj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "sem",
        "bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bullshit! nonsense!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bullshit",
          "bullshit"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) bullshit! nonsense!"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "butoh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsembaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsem.baŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-embaŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sembang"
}

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