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 /
Perfective		 Passive Basic /
Imperative		 Jussive
Active mendengar terdengar didengar dengar dengarlah
Locative mendengari terdengari didengari dengari dengarilah
Causative / Applicative1 mendengarkan terdengarkan didengarkan dengarkan dengarkanlah
Causative
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

Further reading

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
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