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- bab
- chapter
- babad
- chronicle
- babak
- act or scene(of a play); episode; section of a long piece of music
- babas
- drift; sweep away
terbabas: driven out of its course; driven away from from one's goal or principle
- babi
- pig
- babit
- embroil; involve (in argument or quarrel)
membabitkan: to involve; to implicate pembabitan: involvement
- baca
- read
membaca: to read bacaan: act of reading; material to be read membacakan: to read for pembaca: reader pembacaan: act of reading
- bacul
- cowardly; timid
kebaculan: cowardice
- badai
- hurricane
- badak
- rhinoceros
- badam
- almond
- badan
- (1)body (2)organization
berbadan: having a body berbadan dua: pregnant memperbadankan: to corporatize perbadanan: corporation; institution
- badik
- dagger
- badut
- clown; comedian
- Badui
- Bedouin
- bagai
- as if; like
bagaikan: as if berbagai-bagai: of various types kepelbagaian: variety pelbagai: various
- bagaimana
- how
bagaimanapun: however; no matter how or what sebagaimana: as; like
- bagasi
- baggage; cargo
- baghal
- mule
- bagi
- (1)for (2)give
membagi: to give
- baginda
- His or Her Majesty
- bagur
- large and clumsy
- bagus
- nice; pleasant; good
- bah
- deluge; flood
- bahagi
- allot; distribute; divide
bahagian: division; part; portion; section membahagi: to divide membahagi-bahagikan: to distribute; to give away membahagikan: to divide; to distribute pembahagi: divider pembahagian: allotment terbahagi: divided
- bahagia
- blissful; lucky; blessed
berbahagia: fortunate; blissful kebahagiaan: bliss; happiness membahagiakan: to cause to be happy
- bahak
- guffaw
terbahak-bahak: to laugh loud and long
- baham
- gobble
membaham: to gobble
- bahan
- substance; matter; material
bahan api: fuel
- bahana
- loud noise or sound
- bahang
- heat
membahang: to heat
- bahantara
- medium (environment)
- bahari
- ancient
- baharu
- new
membaharui: to renew pembaharuan: renewal
- bahas
- debate or discussion
berbahas: to debate; to discuss membahaskan: to discuss; to debate; to criticize pembahas: debater perbahasan: a debate or discussion
- bahasa
- language
berbahasa: courteous; cultured; using a language perbahasaan: speech; customary etiquette
- bahawa
- that
- bahaya
- danger
berbahaya: dangerous membahayakan: to endanger
- bahkan
- moreover
- bahlul
- inane; silly
- bahu
- shoulder
- baiduri
- opal
- baik
- good; all right; fine
baik-baik: carefully berbaik: to be on good terms kebaikan: goodness; benefit membaiki: to repair memperbaiki: to repair pembaikan: correction; improvement sebaik-baik: as good as; just sebaiknya: better; as it should be terbaik: the best
- bait
- a poem with two lines; couplet
- baitulmal
- treasury
- baja
- fertilizer
membaja: to fertilize
- bajak
- a plough
membajak: to plough
- baji
- a wedge
membaji: to split using a wedge
- bajik
- welfare
kebajikan: welfare
- bajingan
- scoundrel; rascal
- baju
- clothes; dress
berbaju: dressed membajui: to put on clothes
- bak
- like; similar
- baka
- heredity
kebakaan: hereditary
- bakal
- future (adj.); aspirant; destined to become
- bakar
- burn
kebakaran: a fire membakar: to burn terbakar: on fire; burnt pembakaran: act of burning
- bakat
- talent; flair; aptitude
berbakat: talented
- bakau
- mangrove
- bakawali
- a medicinal herbal plant
- bakhil
- stingy; miserly
- baki
- balance; remainder
berbaki: having a balance or surplus
- bakti
- devotion; dedication
berbakti: to be devoted or dedicated membaktikan: to dedicate
- baku
- standard
membakukan: to standardize pembakuan: standardization
- bakul
- basket
- bakung
- amaryllis (lily-like plant)
- bala
- disaster; calamity
- balada
- ballad
- balah
- bicker
berbalah: to bicker or quarrel membalah: to oppose or defy
- balai
- hall; station
balai raya: community hall
- balak
- log (timber)
membalak: to log pembalakan: logging
- balam
- spotted-neck dove
berbalam: unclear; vague; hazy
- balang
- flagon (vessel with lid, lip and handle for serving wine)
- balar
- albino
- balas
- reciprocate; reply; avenge
membalas: to reciprocate balasan: reciprocation; response; reply; revenge berbalas-balasan: exchange
- baldi
- pail; bucket
- baldu
- velvet
- baligh
- puberty
- balik
- (1)return (2)behind
berbalik: to turn back; to return kebalikan: contrary to membalik-balik: to flip over membalikkan: to invert; to reverse to position menterbalikkan: to turn upside down pembalikan: act of turning upside down; act of returning sebaliknya: on the contrary terbalik: upside down; reversed
- baling
- throw; fling
membaling: to throw; to fling
- baling-baling
- propeller; wind-vane
- balu
- widow
- baluarti
- bulwark; stone wall of defence
- balung
- comb (of fowl)
- balut
- wrap; envelop; bandage
balutan: wrapping; bandage berbalut: bandaged membalut: to wrap; to bandage membaluti: to wrap pembalut: wrapping; bandage
- banci
- census
bancian: census
- bancuh
- mix; stir
membancuh: to mix; to stir bancuhan: mixture pembancuhan: act of mixing or stirring
- bandar
- town
bandaran: municipal perbandaran: municipality bandaraya: city
- bandela
- bale; large bundle
- banding
- compare
membandingkan: to compare berbanding: compared with perbandingan: comparison sebanding: comparable
- banduan
- convict; prisoner
- bandul
- pendulum
membandul: to swing like a pendulum
- bangang
- duff; stupid
- bangat
- fast; quick
- bangau
- stork; flamingo
- bangga
- elated; proud
berbangga: feeling proud kebanggaan: pride membanggakan: to arouse a feeling of pride
- banggul
- hillock; mound
- bangkai
- carcass
- bangkang
- oppose
membangkang: to oppose bangkangan: protest; objection; opposition pembangkang: the opposition; one who is opposing
- bangkit
- evoke; bring to one's mind; get up
berbangkit: to get up kebangkitan: awakening; resurgence; emergence membangkitkan: to evoke; to awaken; to raise; to arouse a feeling in one's mind
- bangku
- bench; stool
- bangsa
- race; nation of people
kebangsaan: national sebangsa: of the same race
- bangsal
- barn; shed
- bangsat
- vagrant; scoundrel
- bangsawan
- high class or rank; nobility; Malay opera
- bangsi
- bamboo flute
- bangun
- stand; get up; wake up
bangunan: building membangun: to get up; to rise; to develop membangunkan: to awaken someone; to develop; to construct pembangunan: development; construction
- banjar
- row; range
banjaran: range of mountains berbanjar: forming a line or row membanjarkan: arrange in a row
- banjir
- flood
membanjiri: to flood
- bantah
- protest; disobey; oppose
membantah: to protest; to oppose bantahan: a protest pembantah: opposer
- bantai
- slaughter; beat up
membantai: to slaughter; to beat up; to thrash pembantaian: act of slaughtering pembantai: butcher
- bantal
- pillow
berbantalkan: to use as a pillow bantal golek: bolster bantal peluk: bolster
- banteras
- fight against; eradicate; exterminate
membanteras: to fight against; to eradicate pembanterasan: eradication
- banting
- lambaste; reprimand severely
membanting: to beat; to lambaste; to thrash membanting tulang: to work hard
- bantu
- help; assist; back; aid
membantu: to help; to assist bantuan: assistance pembantu: assistant; helper
- bantut
- stunt; hinder; stop
membantutkan: to stunt; to hinder; to stop terbantut: stunted
- banyak
- much; many
banyak-banyak: in large quantities banyaknya: amount; a large number of kebanyakan: most of; majority of membanyakkan: to increase sebanyak: as much as; as many as sebanyak-banyaknya: at the most terbanyak: the most
- bapa
- father
bapa saudara: uncle berbapa: having a father sebapa: having the same father
- bara
- embers
membara: furious; smouldering
- barah
- cancer
berbarah: having cancer membarah: cancerous
- baran
- grumpy; ill-tempered
- barang
- goods; things
barangan: goods; commodity sebarang: whatever; any sembarangan: whatever; any
- barangkali
- perhaps; maybe
- barat
- west
kebaratan: westernized kebarat-baratan: westernized pembaratan: westernization
- baring
- lie down
berbaring: to lie down; to recline membaringkan: to place in a recumbent position terbaring: in a recumbent position
- baris
- line; row
barisan: line; front; troops berbaris: to line up membariskan: to arrange in rows pembaris: ruler perbarisan: parade
- baru
- new
baru-baru: recently membarui: to renew memperbarui: to renew pembaruan: renovations; reforms
- barut
- diaper; dressing; bandage
- basah
- wet
basah kuyup: drenched basahan: daily used items or clothes membasahi: to wet membasahkan: to wet
- basi
- stale; mouldy (of food)
- basmi
- eradicate; destroy
membasmi: to eradicate pembasmian: eradication
- basuh
- wash
basuhan: something that is washed membasuh: to wash
- bata
- brick
- batal
- invalid; null; cancelled
membatalkan: to cancel pembatalan: cancellation
- batang
- bar; strip; long solid piece; numerical coefficient for cylindrical objects
batang hidung: bridge of the nose
- batas
- (1) limits; confines; boundaries (2) vegetable bed
membatasi: to limit pembatasan: limitation perbatasan: border area; frontier area terbatas: limited; restricted berbatas: having a border
- batik
- type of textile print
- batin
- of the inner feelings; mental
tok batin: Proto-Malay tribal chief batiniah: spiritual kebatinan: inner self
- batu
- (1) stone; rock (2) mile
batu api: instigator batu asah: whetstone berbatu-batu: stony membatu: to keep silent batuan: rock
- batuk
- cough
terbatuk-batuk: to cough uncontrollably
- bau
- smell; aroma; odour
bau-bauan: scent; fragrance; perfume berbau: to emit an odour terbau: got the smell
- bauk
- sideburns; whiskers
- baur
- mix
berbaur: mixed (with) bauran: mixture; hotchpotch
- bawa
- bring; carry
membawa: to bring; to carry membawakan: to bring something for someone terbawa: taken unintentionally terbawa-bawa: to be involved; to be influenced pembawa: bearer; carrier pembawaan: talent
- bawah
- below; under
bawahan: subordinate; of lower rank or position; inferior terbawah: lowest terkebawah: lowest
- bawal
- ponfret
- bawang
- onion
bawang merah: shallot bawang putih: garlic
- baya
- age
sebaya: same age group
- bayam
- spinach
- bayang
- shadow; reflection
bayang-bayang: shadow; reflection; imagination bayangan: shadow; image berbayang: shadowy; to cast a shadow membayangi: to form an image; to follow and spy on membayangkan: to suggest; to imply terbayang: reflected; pictured terbayangkan: imagined; reflected
- bayar
- pay
membayar: to pay bayaran: payment membayarkan: to pay pembayar: payer pembayaran: payment
- bayi
- baby
- bayu
- breeze
- bazir
- waste
membazirkan: to waste pembaziran: wastage
- bebal
- imbecile; idiotic; silly; foolish; stupid
- beban
- burden; responsibility
bebanan: burden; responsibility membebani: to burden someone membebankan: to burden someone
- bebas
- free; independent
kebebasan: freedom membebaskan: to liberate; to release
- bebat
- bandage; dressing
membebat: to apply a dressing to a wound
- bebawang
- bulb (of plant)
- bebel
- incomprehensible utterings
membebel: to utter incoherently
- beberapa
- several
- bebibir
- flange; projecting rim
- beca
- trishaw; rickshaw
- becak
- muddy
- becok
- fond of chatting; talkative
- bedah
- operate; dissect
membedah: to operate pembedahan: surgical operation
- bedak
- powder
bedak sejuk: powder made from rice berbedak: powdered membedaki: to powder
- bedal
- whip; beat
membedal: to whip; to beat
- bedek
- aim at
membedek: to take aim at
- bedil
- gunpowder; gun
bedilan: shooting; firing membedil: to shoot
- beduk
- big drum used in the mosque
- begar
- headstrong; hard; firm
- begini
- like this
- begitu
- like that; so
- beguk
- mumps
- bejana
- canister
- bekal
- cater; supply food
bekalan: provisions; stock; supply; ration berbekal: having a supply of membekalkan: to supply; to provide; to furnish pembekal: supplier pembekalan: that which is supplied
- bekam
- seize; grip
membekam: to draw blood from
- bekas
- (1) former; ex- (2) container (3) traces
bekas darah: blood stain bekas luka: scar berbekas: having marks or traces
- bekat
- full
- beku
- frozen; hardened; solidified
otak beku: stupid person membekukan: to cause to freeze or solidify membeku: to coagulate or clot pembekuan: coagulation
- bekuan
- hot
- bela
- (1) advocate; defend; avenge (2) rear or breed
membela: to defend; to avenge; to look after pembelaan: defence; protection belaan: that which is taken care of
- belacan
- shrimp paste
- belacu
- calico
- belah
- to split; to bisect; to cut in half
belahan: cleft; cleavage berbelah bagi: half-hearted membelah: to split menyebelahi: to take sides; to side with sebelah: half; beside; towards sebelah-menyebelah: on both sides bersebelahan: side by side; near terbelah: apart; separated
- belai
- cherish; coaxing; caress
belaian: coaxing; caress membelai: to cherish; to caress membelai-belai: to cherish; to caress
- belak
- mottled
- belaka
- altogether; entirely; quite
- belakang
- back; rear; behind
belakangan: recently membelakangi: to ignore; to disregard membelakangkan: to ignore; to disregard; to place at the back terkebelakang: out-of-date; far behind
- belalai
- elephant's trunk; proboscis
- belalang
- grasshopper
- Belanda
- Dutch
- belang
- stripe
berbelang: striped
- belanga
- clay cooking pot
- belangkas
- king-crab
- belanja
- expenses; expenditure
belanjawan: budget berbelanja: to spend membelanjakan: to spend perbelanjaan: expenditure
- belantan
- club; bludgeon; truncheon
- belantara
- forest
- belas
- (1) compassion; pity; mercy (2) numerals from eleven to nineteen
belasan: teenager; numerals from eleven to nineteen kesebelasan: eleventh berbelas: having sympathy or pity
- belasah
- flog; whip
membelasah: to flog; to whip
- belat
- fish-trap
- belati
- European
- belau
- shimmering
belauan: diffraction of light
- belebas
- ledge; lath
- belek
- scrutinise
membelek: to scrutinise
- belengas
- sticky
- belenggu
- manacle; handcuff; shackle
membelenggu: to handcuff; to shackle terbelenggu: handcuffed; shackled
- belerang
- sulphur
- beli
- buy
membeli: to buy belian: the purchase membeli-belah: shopping membelikan: to buy for pembeli: purchaser pembelian: the purchase terbeli: able to buy
- belia
- youth
- beliak
- dilated; wide open (of eyes)
terbeliak: wide open membeliakkan: to dilate
- beliau
- he or she
- belikat
- shoulder-blade
- belimbing
- starfruit
- belit
- circumlocutary; twisting; twining
membelit: to coil or twine around belitan: a coil berbelit-belit: coiled; twined; twisted membelitkan: to entwine pembelit: swindler; deceiver terbelit: coiled; twined
- beliung
- hatchet; small axe; adze
- belok
- turn (in direction)
membelok: to turn (in direction) membelokkan: to change the course or direction belokan: a bend or curve; a change of direction
- belot
- betray
membelot: to betray pembelot: traitor pembelotan: betrayal; treason
- belukar
- bush; shrub; secondary forest
- belulang
- hide; untanned leather; patch of hardened skin
- belum
- not yet
sebelum: before
- belut
- eel
- bembam
- roast in hot embers
membembam: to roast in hot embers
- benak
- silly; stupid
- benam
- embed; immerse in water
terbenam: immersed in water; embedded membenamkan: to immerse; to embed
- benang
- thread
- benar
- genuine; true; real; correct
benar-benar: really; truly; very kebenaran: truth; permission; approval membenarkan: to allow; to permit sebenarnya: in fact
- bencana
- (1) harmful; very unpleasant (2) disaster
- benci
- hate; detest
kebencian: hatred membenci: to hate; to loathe pembenci: one who hates
- benda
- thing
kebendaan: materialism
- bendahara
- chief minister of a Malay State
perbendaharaan: treasury
- bendahari
- treasurer; bursar
- bendalir
- fluid
- bendang
- wet rice-fields
- bendar
- ditch or moat
- bendela
- bale; package
- bendera
- flag
- bendi
- lady's finger
- bendul
- cross-beam
- bendung
- barrier; dyke
membendung: to barricade; to dam
- bengal
- temporarily deaf; stubborn
- bengang
- buzzing or ringing in the ears
- bengis
- cruel; harsh
membengis: to act cruelly
- bengkak
- (1) swollen; bloated (2) swelling
membengkak: to swell
- bengkalai
- unfinished
terbengkalai: unfinished
- bengkang
- zig-zag
bengkang-bengkok: zig-zag
- bengkarung
- newt
- bengkel
- workshop
- bengkeng
- cantankerous; irritable
membengkengi: to scold; to irritate
- bengkok
- bent; crooked
membengkokkan: to bend
- bengkung
- sash for the waist; corset; girdle
- benguk
- goitre
- benih
- seed
- bening
- transparent; clear; limpid
- benjol
- bump or swelling, esp. left by a blow
- bentak
- snarl; snap
membentak: to snarl; to snap
- bentan
- relapse
- bentang
- spread out (carpet or mat)
membentang: to spread out (carpet or mat); to put forward (a proposal) membentangi: to spread out or unroll (carpet or mat) terbentang; spread out or unrolled
- bentar
- moment
sebentar: a moment sebentar-sebentar: at short intervals
- bentara
- herald; state proclamation officer
- benteng
- stronghold; fortress
berbentengkan: use as a fort membentengi: fortify berbenteng: fortified
- bentuk
- form; shape; appearance
berbentuk: having the form of membentuk: to form; to create; to mould pembentukan: formation; creation; establishment sebentuk: numerical coefficient for curved objects terbentuk: formed; established
- benua
- continent
- bera
- blush; flushing of face
- berahi
- amorous; feeling sexual love
keberahian: passion memberahikan: to arouse passion
- berak
- defecate
terberak: to defecate
- beranda
- gallery; verandah; terrace
- berang
- disgruntled; discontented; annoyed
- berangan
- chestnut
- berangsang
- pep; vigour
memberangsangkan: to fill with vigour; to enliven
- berangus
- muzzle
- berani
- brave
keberanian: bravery memberanikan: to encourage berani mati: not afraid of death
- berapa
- how much; how many
seberapa: any amount; as much or as many as
- beras
- rice
beras kunyit: saffron rice beras pulut: glutinous rice
- berat
- heavy; tough
beratnya: weight keberatan: reluctant
- berenga
- maggot
- beres
- in order; settled
membereskan: to settle; to arrange pemberesan: settlement; arrangement
- Berhad
- Limited
- berhala
- idol; image; fetish; worshipped object
- beri
- give
memberi: to give memberikan: to give pemberian: gift; allowance pemberi: one who gives
- beringin
- banyan tree
- berita
- news
berita angin: rumour berita kilat: newsflash memberitakan: to inform pemberita: reporter; journalist
- beritahu
- inform
memberitahu: to inform pemberitahuan: announcement; notification
- berkas
- bundle
memberkas: to bind; to arrest memberkaskan: to bind; to fasten
- berkat
- boon; benefit; blessing
memberkati: to bless
- berlian
- diamond
- bernas
- full (of grain); highly spirited (of speech); factual and convincing (of writing); fertile and productive (of cultivation)
- berontak
- rebel; revolt
memberontak: to rebel; to revolt pemberontak: a rebel; an insurgent pemberontakan: a rebellion; a revolt
- beroti
- batten
- bersih
- clean
kebersihan: cleanliness membersihkan: to clean pembersih: cleaner pembersihan: act of cleaning
- bersin
- sneeze
- bersut
- glower; scowl
- bertih
- rice fried in the husk
bertih jagung: popcorn
- beruang
- bear
- berudu
- tadpole
- beruk
- monkey
- berus
- brush
memberus: to brush
- besan
- parents of a married couple
- besar
- big
besar hati: proud; elated besar kepala: stubborn; conceited; big-headed besar mulut: boastful besar-besaran: grand; on a large scale berbesar hati: grateful kebesaran: greatness membesar: to grow big membesar-besarkan: to exaggerate membesarkan: to enlarge membesarkan diri: to brag memperbesar: to enlarge or expand pembesar: dignitary terbesar: largest
- besi
- iron (metal)
besi baja: steel besi berani: magnet
- besok
- tomorrow
- bestari
- well-bred; intelligent
- besut
- refine metal
membesut: to refine metal; to spurt (of water or blood)
- beta
- I; me (used by king)
- betah
- recovered; accustomed
- betapa
- how (emphasising the degree)
- betik
- papaya
- betina
- female
- beting
- sandbar; sandbank
- betis
- calf (of leg)
- betul
- correct; true
betul-betul: truly; exactly; really kebetulan: by coincidence; by chance; incidentally membetulkan: to correct; to rectify pembetulan: correction sebetulnya: in fact
- betung
- a large type of bamboo
pembetungan: sewerage
- beza
- difference
berbeza: to differ; to be different berbeza-beza: differently membeza-bezakan: to differentiate; to discriminate; to distinguish between membezakan: to differentiate perbezaan: difference; dissimilarity pembezaan: differentiation; discrimination; classification
- biadab
- impolite; discourteous
kebiadaban: rudeness
- biak
- prolific; productive; fertile
membiak: to multiply; to reproduce membiakkan: to breed; to rear pembiakan: breeding; reproduction
- biar
- let; allow
membiarkan: to allow; to neglect; to ignore terbiar: neglected; ignored
- biara
- convent; monastery
- bias
- deflect; refract
biasan: refraction; diversion membiaskan: to deflect; to refract
- biasa
- habitual; usual; ordinary
biasanya: usually kebiasaan: custom; habit; practice membiasakan: to accustom; to familiarise
- biasiswa
- scholarship
- biawak
- iguana
- biaya
- cost; expenses
dibiayai: defrayed membiayai: to defray; to subsidise pembiayaan: financing; subsidisation pembiaya: the person who pays for the expenses
- bibir
- lip
- bicara
- discussion
berbicara: to discuss membicarakan: to discuss; to deliberate over; to preside over a court case pembicaraan: discussion perbicaraan: court hearing or trial
- bicu
- jack (for lifting heavy objects)
- bidaah
- heresy
- bidadari
- houri (beautiful woman of the Muslim paradise)
- bidai
- blinds; screen
- bidak
- pawn
- bidal
- thimble
bidalan: proverb
- bidan
- midwife
- bidang
- domain; field or range of activity; numeral coefficient for things that are spread out and flat
- bidas
- criticise; spring back or rebound
membidas: to criticise; to spring back or rebound
- bidik
- aim at
membidik: to aim at
- biduan
- male singer
- biduanda
- pageboy; valet
- biduanita
- female singer
- bijak
- judicious; smart; wise
kebijakan: intelligence; smartness
- bijaksana
- judicious; smart; wise
kebijaksanaan: wisdom; prudence
- bijan
- sesame seed
- biji
- seed; grain; pip; numerical coefficient for fruits and small spherical objects
berbiji: having seed biji-bijian: cereals
- bijih
- ore
bijih besi: iron ore bijih timah: tin ore
- bijirin
- cereal
- bikin
- make
membikin: to make; to manufacture bikinan: product; creation
- biku
- edging; trimming
- bila
- when; if
bila-bila: whenever
- bilah
- blade (of knife or sword); lath; numerical coefficient for weapons of sharpened metal
- bilal
- muezzin
- bilang
- calculate; count; tell; repeat
bilangan: number; amount; quantity berbilang: several; numerous membilang: to count; to call out; to say sebilangan: a number of terbilang: counted; included; famous
- bilas
- rinse; wash; cleanse
membilas: to rinse or wash bilasan: cleansing; rinsing
- bilik
- room
- bilis
- bloodshot eye
- bimbang
- fearful; worried; anxious; nervous
kebimbangan: anxiety; worry membimbangkan: to cause anxiety
- bimbing
- lead; guide
bimbingan: guidance; tuition; advice membimbing: to lead; to guide pembimbing: a guide or leader; adviser
- bimbit
- carry dangling in the hand
membimbit: to carry dangling in the hand
- bin
- son of
- bina
- construct; build
binaan: something built or constructed membina: to construct; to build pembina: builder pembinaan: construction
- binasa
- destroyed; ruined
membinasakan: to destroy pembinasa: destroyer pembinasaan: destruction
- binatang
- animal
kebinatangan: animalistic characteristics; bestiality
- bincang
- discuss
berbincang: to discuss; to deliberate berbincang-bincang: to discuss membincangkan: to discuss perbincangan: discussion
- bincut
- lump; swelling
- bingal
- stubborn
- bingit
- deafening
membingitkan: to deafen tmporarily
- bingka
- a type of cake made from tapioca
- bingkah
- nugget; chunk
- bingkai
- frame
- bingung
- bewildered; confused
- bingkas
- bounce; rebound
membingkas: to bounce; to rebound
- bingkis
- parcel; package
bingkisan: a gift or present membingkis: to send a gift or present accompanied by a letter
- bingung
- bewildered; confused
kebingungan: bewilderment; confusion membingungkan: to confuse; to puzzle; to perplex
- bini
- wife
berbini: married (for a man)
- bintang
- star
berbintang: starry sebintang: compatible membintangi: to act in a film perbintangan: astronomy; astrology
- binti
- daughter of
- bintik
- spot; dot
berbintik: spotted; dotted
- bintil
- nodule; pimple
- biola
- violin
- birai
- blind or screen, esp. on roller, for window; balustrade
- biras
- relationship between two brothers' wives or between two sisters' husbands
- biri-biri
- sheep
- biru
- blue
biru lebam: blue black biru muda: light blue kebiru-biruan: bluish kebiruan: blueness
- bisa
- venom; malice
berbisa: venomous; malicious
- bisik
- whisper
bisikan: a murmur; a whisper berbisik: to whisper membisikkan: to whisper
- bising
- noisy
kebisingan: noisiness membising: to make noise
- biskop
- bishop
- bistari
- expert; skilled
- bisu
- mute or dumb
membisu: to remain silent
- bisul
- boil; abscess
- bius
- anesthesia
membius: to anesthetise pembiusan: anesthetisation
- bobok
- sleep
membobok: to gurgle membobokkan: to put a child to sleep
- bocor
- leaking; a leak
kebocoran: leakage membocorkan: to cause a leak; to puncture
- bodoh
- stupid
kebodohan: stupidity memperbodohkan: to make a fool of
- bogel
- nude; naked
berbogel: nude; naked membogelkan: to undress
- boh
- cow's moo
- bohong
- lie; bluff
berbohong: to lie membohongi: to lie to; to deceive membohongkan: to denounce as a lie; to deny pembohong: liar pembohongan: a lie
- bola
- ball
- bolak-balik
- vacillation
berbolak-balik: to vacillate; to hesitate membolak-balik: to twist and turn
- boleh
- can; able to; permitted to
boleh jadi: maybe berkebolehan: capable; talented kebolehan: ability membolehkan: to permit; to allow seboleh-bolehnya: to the best of one's ability
- bolos
- pierced; penetrated; stripped off (hair, feathers, clothes, etc.
membolos: to abandon; to desert
- bolot
- wrap up
membolot: to wrap up; to bundle together; to win
- bomba
- fire brigade
- bomoh
- Malay medicine-man
- bonceng
- sponger; ride pillion
membonceng: to get a lift from; to sponge on somebody memboncengkan: to give a lift to pembonceng: passenger
- bonda
- mother
- boneka
- doll; puppet
- bonggol
- hump
berbonggol: having a hump
- bongkah
- block or solid piece
berbongkah-bongkah: in large chunks or pieces
- bongkak
- arrogant; boastful
- bongkar
- unpack; unload
membongkar: to unpack; to unload bongkar-bangkir: in disorder membongkar rahsia: to expose a secret membongkar sauh: to raise up the anchor terbongkar: forced open; exposed pembongkaran: disclosure; upheaval
- bongkok
- hunchback
membongkok: to stoop; to humble oneself membongkokkan: to bend; to stoop; to bow terbongkok-bongkok; doubled up
- bongsu
- youngest (of children); lowest (of rungs of ladder or steps)
- bonjol
- a bulge; a lump
- boo
- exclamation of disapproval
- bopeng
- pock-marked
- bor
- tool for drilling
- borak
- talk idly
berborak: to talk idly
- borang
- form (document)
- borek
- speckled; spotted
- borong
- wholesale
memborong: to buy wholesale memborongkan: to sell wholesale pemborong: wholesaler
- boros
- extravagant
memboroskan: to waste borosan: extravagance pemboros: spendthrift
- bosan
- bored
kebosanan: boredom membosankan: to bore pembosan: one who is easily bored
- botak
- bald
membotakkan: to make bald
- boyak
- drab; dull; uninteresting; tasteless
- boyot
- pot-bellied
- buah
- (1)fruit (2)numeral coefficient for large objects
buah fikiran: opinion; thought buah hati: sweetheart buah-buahan: fruits berbuah: to bear fruit membuahkan: to produce; to yield; to cause buah pinggang: kidney
- buai
- swing; rock; sway
buaian: a cradle; a swing berbuai-buai: to swing membuai: to make something swing terbuai-buai: swinging; swaying; rocking
- buak
- effervescence
- bual
- converse
bualan: talk; chatter; conversation berbual: to converse perbualan: conversation
- buang
- discard; throw
membuang: to throw membuangkan: to throw away; to discard terbuang: discarded buangan: something that has been discarded
- buas
- savage; uncivilised; wild
membuas: act savagely
- buasir
- pile; haemorrhoid
- buat
- make; do or perform
membuat: to do; to make; to cause buat sementara: temporarily buatan: brand; manufactured by; product of perbuatan: deed; act pembuatan: manufacture; production buat-buatan: pretence
- buaya
- crocodile
buaya darat: thief; scoundrel
- bubar
- disband; disperse; scatter
membubarkan: to disperse; to liquidate pembubaran: liquidation; disbandment
- bubu
- fish-trap made of bamboo and rattan
- bubuh
- put; add; affix
membubuhi: to add; to affix membubuhkan: to add; to affix
- bubuk
- woodworm
- bubul
- cobble; mend roughly
- bubur
- porridge
- bucu
- corner; angle
- budak
- child
kebudak-budakan: childish
- budaya
- culture
budayawan: cultured person kebudayaan: culture
- budi
- kindness; good deed
budi bahasa: good manners budi bicara: discretion; common-sense budi pekerti: disposition; character berbudi: kind; wise; sensible
- budiman
- wise; generous
- bugar
- strong and healthy
- buih
- foam
berbuih: foaming
- bujang
- (1)celebate (2)unmarried man; bachelor
- bujuk
- persuade; coax
bujukan: persuasion
- bujur
- oblong; oval; longitudinal
membujur: to stretch out lengthwise terbujur: stretched out lengthwise
- buka
- open
membuka: to open membukakan: to expose; to open; to reveal pembukaan: opening terbuka: not covered; unlimited; public bukaan: an opening or aperture
- bukan
- non-; not; does not
bukan-bukan: absurdity; nonsense
- bukit
- hill
berbukit: hilly berbukit-bukit: hilly membukit: to pile up; to heap up
- bukti
- evidence; proof
membuktikan: to prove terbukti: proven
- buku
- (1)book (2)loaf (of bread) (3)knot (in wood) (4)node
buku lima: fist membukukan: to record; to note; to put into book form pembukuan: an entry in a book
- bulan
- (1)moon (2)month
bulan madu: honeymoon bulan purnama: full moon bulan sabit: crescent bulanan: monthly berbulan-bulan: for several months
- bulang
- band; strip; head-dress
bulangan: ribbon
- bulat
- circular; round; spherical
bulatan: (1)circle (2)traffic roundabout membulatkan: to make circular or round sebulat: unanimous
- bulbul
- nightingale
- buli-buli
- (1)small flask or jug (2)small gland
- bulu
- fur; body hair; feathers
berbulu: hairy; feathery bulu babi: sea-urchin bulu kambing: wool bulu kening: eyebrows
- buluh
- bamboo
- bulur
- hungry
kebuluran: starvation
- bumbung
- roof
membumbung: to rise; to ascend
- bumi
- (1)earth (2)dry land
mengebumikan: to bury pengebumian: burial
- buncit
- distended; bloated
membuncitkan: to inflate
- bundar
- round; globular
membundarkan: to make something round
- bunga
- (1)flower (2)interest (monetary)
bunga api: sparklers bunga-bungaan: all kinds of flowers berbunga: to produce flowers berbunga-bunga: floral; flowery membungai: to decorate
- bungkal
- lump; weight
- bungkam
- quiet; speechless
membungkam: to gag; to silence pembungkam: silencer
- bungkus
- wrap up
bungkusan: parcel; package membungkus: to wrap pembungkusan: packaging berbungkus: wrapped up pembungkus: wrapper
- bunian
- invisible forest elf or spirit
- buntak
- short and stout
- buntal
- (1)bloated; pot-bellied (2)globe-fish
- buntang
- wide open and staring (of eyes)
membuntang: to stare wide-eyed
- buntil
- cloth knapsack
- bunting
- pregnant (of animals)
- buntu
- blocked or closed
kebuntuan: deadlock
- buntut
- bottom or buttocks
membuntuti: to trail; to follow
- bunuh
- kill
berbunuhan: killing of one another membunuh: to kill pembunuh: killer; murderer pembunuhan: murder; killing terbunuh: killed
- bunyi
- sound
bunyi-bunyian: music berbunyi: to sound membunyikan: to produce a sound sebunyi: of the same sound
- buru
- hunt
berburu: to hunt memburu: to hunt pemburu: hunter pemburuan: a hunt perburuan: prey terburu-buru: in great haste
- buruh
- labourer; worker
perburuhan: labour
- buruj
- constellation of stars
- buruk
- bad; ugly
buruk laku: ill-mannered buruk makan: gluttonous buruk sangka: prejudiced buruk siku: to take back what has been given keburukan: ugliness; badness; wickedness memburukkan: to worsen; to aggravate
- burung
- bird
- burut
- hernia
- busa
- froth; foam
berbusa: to froth; to foam membusa: to pant; to puff
- busuk
- rotten; bad; putrid
membusuk: to give out a strong bad odour membusukkan: to disgrace or defame; to putrefy kebusukan: decay; badness
- busung
- bloated; distended
- busur
- bow (for shooting arrows)
- busut
- molehill; anthill
- buta
- blind
buta huruf: illiterate membuta: (1)to sleep soundly (2)to act blindly
- butang
- button
- butir
- (1)item; fact; point (2)numeral coefficient for small round objects
- buyung
- earthenware
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