membantah
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay membantah, from Classical Malay membantah. Equivalent to meng- + bantah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]membantah
- (transitive, intransitive) to oppose, to disobey (to fail to obey someone in authority)
- (transitive) to dispute, to contest (to oppose an opinion or theory as mistaken or wrong)
- Synonyms: menyanggah, menyangkal
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “membantah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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