hembus

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /həmˈbus/ [həmˈbʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: hem‧bus

Noun

hêmbus

1. (proscribed) alternative form of embus

Verb

hêmbus

1. (proscribed) alternative form of embus

Malay

Alternative forms

• embus

Etymology

From Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), همبوس (embus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qembus (“blow hard; snort, pant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həm.bus/
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [həm.bʊs -bos -bo̞s]
• Rhymes: -bus, -us
• Hyphenation: hem‧bus

Verb

hembus (Jawi spelling همبوس)

1. to blow (to expel air from the mouth, or of wind moving).

   Synonyms: tiup, puput

   Sila hembus lilin kek hari jadi ini.

   Please blow the candles on this birthday cake.

   Angin kencang hembus dari arah laut.

   Strong wind blows from the direction of the sea.

2. to exhale; to breathe out.

   Antonyms: tarik, hela

   Hembus nafas.

   Exhale air.

Usage notes

• In formal or written Malay, the active affixed forms menghembus (intransitive) and menghembuskan (transitive: to blow something out) are much more commonly used in sentences than the bare root word.

Derived terms

Affixations

• berhembus (“to blow (of wind)”)
• dihembus (“to be blown”)
• hembusan (“a breath; a blow; a puff”)
• menghembus (“to blow; to exhale”)
• menghembuskan (“to blow something out”)
• penghembus (“blower; something used to blow air”)
• terhembus (“accidentally blown”)

Compounds

• menghembuskan nafas terakhir (“to breathe one's last; to pass away”)

References

• "hembus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "hembus" at PRPM first version)
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary