dengar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dengar, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ. Doublet of rungu (“hearing (ability)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ŋar/
• Hyphenation: dē‧ngar

Verb

dengar (used in the form mendengar)

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dengar (meng-, transitive)
Root	dengar
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mendengar	terdengar	didengar	dengar	dengarlah
Locative	mendengari	terdengari	didengari	dengari	dengarilah
Causative / Applicative1	mendengarkan	terdengarkan	didengarkan	dengarkan	dengarkanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1	memperdengarkan		diperdengarkan	perdengarkan	perdengarkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berdengar
• dengar-dengaran
• dengaran
• kedengaran
• memperdengarkan
• mendengar
• mendengarkan
• pendengar
• pendengaran
• terdengar

 

• dengar pendapat

 

Further reading

• “dengar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəŋa(r)/
• Rhymes: -əŋa(r), -ŋa(r), -a(r)
• Rhymes: -ar

Verb

dengar (used in the form mendengar)

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

Welsh

Etymology

From denu +‎ -gar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡar/

Adjective

dengar (feminine singular dengar, plural dengar, equative mor ddengar, comparative mwy dengar, superlative mwyaf dengar)

1. attractive, alluring, charming

   Yng Nghyrmu mae'r gwŷr yn fwy dengar, yn enwedig plant Mars.

   In Wales the men are more alluring, especially to Martian children.

Usage notes

The ng in dengar is considered to be two separate letters, n and g, and is pronounced /ŋɡ/.

Derived terms

• dengarwch

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dengar	ddengar	nengar	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dengar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies