membayang-bayangkan

Indonesian

Etymology

bayang-bayang +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məmˌbajaŋ baˈjaŋkan/ [məmˌba.jaŋ baˈjaŋ.kan]
• Rhymes: -aŋkan
• Syllabification: mem‧ba‧yang-ba‧yang‧kan

Verb

membayang-bayangkan (active membayang-bayangkan, reflexive passive terbayang-bayangkan, ordinary passive dibayang-bayangkan, imperative bayang-bayangkan, emphatic-jussive bayang-bayangkanlah)

1. to picture to one's self, to imagine
2. to be fancy, to conceive of.
3. to hint at, to allude for
4. to hold out for someone the prospect that
5. to call to mind, to call up before the mind.
6. to sketch, to outline.

Further reading

• “membayang-bayangkan”, 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- -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məm.ba.jaŋ ba.jaŋ.kan]

Verb

membayang-bayangkan (Jawi spelling ممبايڠ-بايڠکن)

1. Active of bayang-bayangkan.