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"derived": [
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"english": "to be submerged; to be sunk",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "to be submerged; to be sunk",
"word": "dibenamkan"
},
{
"english": "to sink; to plunge",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "to sink; to plunge",
"word": "membenam"
},
{
"english": "to submerge something; to suppress",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "to submerge something; to suppress",
"word": "membenamkan"
},
{
"english": "immersion; submersion",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "immersion; submersion",
"word": "pembenaman"
},
{
"english": "sunk; set (of the sun); firmly embedded",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "sunk; set (of the sun); firmly embedded",
"word": "terbenam"
},
{
"english": "sunset",
"sense": "Compounds",
"translation": "sunset",
"word": "matahari terbenam"
}
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16
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"english": "He tried to sink the wood into the mud.",
"text": "Dia cuba benam kayu itu ke dalam lumpur.",
"translation": "He tried to sink the wood into the mud.",
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},
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12
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15
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"english": "Do not submerge your little brother's head in the water.",
"text": "Jangan benam kepala adik di dalam air.",
"translation": "Do not submerge your little brother's head in the water.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to sink; to immerse; to submerge (to push or go down below the surface of water, mud, etc.)."
],
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"immerse"
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"submerge",
"submerge"
]
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"word": "tenggelam"
},
{
"word": "selam"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/bəˈnam/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bəˈnam]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-nam"
},
{
"rhymes": "-am"
}
],
"word": "benam"
}
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"english": "to be submerged; to be sunk",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "to be submerged; to be sunk",
"word": "dibenamkan"
},
{
"english": "to sink; to plunge",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "to sink; to plunge",
"word": "membenam"
},
{
"english": "to submerge something; to suppress",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "to submerge something; to suppress",
"word": "membenamkan"
},
{
"english": "immersion; submersion",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "immersion; submersion",
"word": "pembenaman"
},
{
"english": "sunk; set (of the sun); firmly embedded",
"sense": "Affixations",
"translation": "sunk; set (of the sun); firmly embedded",
"word": "terbenam"
},
{
"english": "sunset",
"sense": "Compounds",
"translation": "sunset",
"word": "matahari terbenam"
}
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"word": "benam"
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],
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"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "timbul"
},
{
"word": "apung"
}
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"Rhymes:Malay/am",
"Rhymes:Malay/am/2 syllables",
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"english": "He tried to sink the wood into the mud.",
"text": "Dia cuba benam kayu itu ke dalam lumpur.",
"translation": "He tried to sink the wood into the mud.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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7,
12
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],
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7,
15
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],
"english": "Do not submerge your little brother's head in the water.",
"text": "Jangan benam kepala adik di dalam air.",
"translation": "Do not submerge your little brother's head in the water.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to sink; to immerse; to submerge (to push or go down below the surface of water, mud, etc.)."
],
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"sink"
],
[
"immerse",
"immerse"
],
[
"submerge",
"submerge"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tenggelam"
},
{
"word": "selam"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/bəˈnam/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bəˈnam]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-nam"
},
{
"rhymes": "-am"
}
],
"word": "benam"
}
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