Root Words

Front 1

ada

Back 1

there is
there are
to be
to be present

Hint 1

berada (to be in a place)
adalah (am, is, are)
mengadakan (to hold, arrange, organise)
keberadaan (presence)

Front 2

ajar

Back 2

to study
to learn

Hint 2

belajar (to study, learn)
mengajar (to teach, train)
mengajarkan (to teach)
pelajaran (lesson, course)
mengajari (to teach someone)
ajaran (teaching)
pengajar (instructor, teacher)

Front 3

angkat

Back 3

to lift
to raise
to take away
to remove

Hint 3

"angkat tangan" - "raise your hand"
"angkat telepon" - " answer the phone"

berangkat (to leave, depart)
angkatan (branch of the forces)

Front 4

bagai
bagaikan

Back 4

as if
like

Hint 4

"as dark as midnight" - "gelap bagai tengah malam"

sebagai (as)
berbagai (all sorts of, various)

Front 5

bagi

Back 5

for
to divide

Hint 5

"bagi dia" - "for him"
"bagi dua" - "divided in two"

membagi (to divide, distribute, share)
membagikan (to distribute, share)
bagian (share, part, division,section)

Front 6

batas

Back 6

limit
border
boundary

Hint 6

membatasi (to limit, restrict)
terbatas (limited, restricted
perbatasan (border)

Front 7

bawa
membawa

Back 7

to carry
to bring along
to take along
to bring about
to cause

Hint 7

"membawa tas" - "to carry a bag"
"membawa mobil" - "to bring a car"

membawakan (to bring something for someone)
pembawas (bearer, porter)

Front 8

benar

Back 8

correct
right
honest
true

Hint 8

membenarkan (to correct a mistake, arrange)
sebenarnya (actually, in fact, fitting, proper)
benar-benar (really?, actually?)
kebenaran (correctness, truth)
pembenaran (correction, confirmation, justification)

Front 9

bicara

Back 9

to speak

Hint 9

berbicara (to speak)
membicarikan (to discuss, talk about)
pembicara (speaker)
pembicaraan (discussion)

Front 10

bijak

Back 10

able
experienced
smart
wise

Hint 10

kebijakan (wisdom, policy)

Front 11

buruk

Back 11

worn out
decayed
rotten
bad
foul

Hint 11

memburuk (to worsen, deteriorate)
keburukan (evil, wickedness)

Front 12

cari

Back 12

to look for

Hint 12

mencari (to hunt, look for, seek)
mencarikan (to look for/ seek something for someone)
pencari (seeker)

Front 13

curi
mencuri

Back 13

to rob
to steal

Hint 13

kecurian (to be robbed)
pencuri (thief)
pencurian (robbery)

Front 14

derita

Back 14

suffering

Hint 14

menderita (to suffer)
terderitakan (bearable)
penderita (sufferer, victim)
penderitaan (suffering)

Front 15

hadap
hadapan

Back 15

facade
front side

Hint 15

"di hadapan ibunya" - "in front of his mother"

menghadap (to face, front, appear)
terhadap (about, concerning, to, toward)

Front 16

hadir

Back 16

to be present

Hint 16

see menghadiri (to attend)

Front 17

harap

Back 17

to hope
please! (as part of a command)

Hint 17

"harap diam" - "please be quiet"

berharap (to hope, expect)
harapan (hope, expectation)
mengharapkan (to hope for)

Front 18

ingat

Back 18

to remember
to recall

Hint 18

peringatan (rememberance, memory)
memperingatkan (to warn, caution)

Front 19

jadi

Back 19

to become
so

Hint 19

"jadi polisi" - "to become a policeman"
"jadi siapa nama anda?" - "so what's your name?"

menjadi (to become, be)
terjadi (to happen, occur, take place)

Front 20

jelang
menjelang

Back 20

to
approaching

Hint 20

"approaching Christmas" - "menjelang Hari Natal"

Front 21

kata

Back 21

word

Hint 21

berkata (to say)
mengatakan (to say something, say that)

Front 22

keluar

Back 22

to come out
to go outside

Hint 22

mengeluarkan (to place outside, expel, issue)

Front 23

kenal

Back 23

to be acquainted with
to know

Hint 23

memperkenalkan (to introduce)
berkenalan dengan (to get acquainted with)
mengenal (to know, recognise)
dikenal (to be known as)
kenalan (acquaintance)
pengenal (identification)
pengenalan (identification, introduction)
terkenal (famous, familiar)

Front 24

kerja

Back 24

activity
occupation
work

Hint 24

bekerja (to work)
pekerjaan (job, occupation, work)

Front 25

luka

Back 25

injury
wound

Hint 25

see terluka (wounded)

Front 26

memberi

Back 26

to give

Hint 26

memberikan (to give away, handover, extend)

Front 27

memilih

Back 27

to vote for
to vote in

Hint 27

pemilihan (election, vote)

Front 28

minta

Back 28

to ask
to request
to beg

Hint 28

minta diri (to ask permission)
meminta (to ask for)
meminta-minta (to beg for)
permintaan (request (noun))

Front 29

mungkin

Back 29

maybe
possibly
possible

Hint 29

kemungkinkan (possibility)

Front 30

rawat
perawat

Back 30

to nurse
to take care of

Hint 30

perawatan (treatment, care)

Front 31

sebab

Back 31

because
due to
cause
reason

Hint 31

"sebab cuaca buruk" - "due to bad weather"
"apa sebabnya?" - "how come?"
"saya tahu apa sebabnya" - "I know why"

menyebabkan (to cause, give rise to)
penyebab (cause)

Front 32

sebar
menyebarkan

Back 32

to spread
to scatter

Hint 32

penyebaran (spreading, distributing)

Front 33

sedia

Back 33

ready
willing

Hint 33

bersedia (to be ready, to be prepared, willing
menyediakan (to prepare, supply, allow time)
tersedia (available, on hand)
ketersediaan (availability)

Front 34

susut

Back 34

to decrease
to shrink

Hint 34

menyusut (to decrease in size, subside
shrink, wipe off)

Front 35

tangan

Back 35

arm
hand

Hint 35

menangani (to handle)

Front 36

tanya

Back 36

question
to inquire

Hint 36

bertanya (to ask)
pertanyaan (question (n))

Front 37

temu
bertemu

Back 37

to meet

Hint 37

ketemu (to meet)
pertemuan (meeting)
menemukan (to find, meet with, discover, invent
penemu (inventor, discoverer)
penemuan (invention, discovery)

Front 38

tolong

Back 38

please
to help

Hint 38

menolong (to aid, assist, help)
pertolongan (aid, help (n))

Front 39

tuju
setuju

Back 39

to agree
to like

Hint 39

"saya tidak tuju" - "I don't agree"

menuju (to go in the direction of)

Front 40

tumbuh

Back 40

to grow

Hint 40

pertumbuhan (growth)

Front 41

tunggu

Back 41

to wait

Hint 41

menunggu (to wait for, look forward to)

Front 42

uang

Back 42

money

Hint 42

keuangan (finances)
beruang (to be well off, have money)
menguangkan (to cash a cheque, sell s.t.)

Front 43

ulang

Back 43

often
repeatedly

Hint 43

"ulang tahun" - "birthday"
"berulang tahun" - "to have a birthday"

mengulang (to repeat s.t., to study s.t. over again)
mengulangi (to do s.t. again)
ulangan (thing done again, test)
pengulangan (recurrence, repetition)

Front 44

usaha

Back 44

effort
exertion
trade
work

Hint 44

berusaha (to endeavour,try)
perusahaan (business, enterprise)

Front 45

pimpin

Back 45

lead
guide

Hint 45

pemimpin (leader, director)
memimpin (to officiate, preside, lead)
kepemimpinan (leadership)

Front 46

penting

Back 46

important

Hint 46

terpenting (leading)

Front 47

lahir

Back 47

to be born

Hint 47

kelahiran (birth)
melahirkan (to give birth)

Front 48

lewat

Back 48

through
via
past
over

Hint 48

melewati (to exceed, pass through)

Front 49

sambut
menyambut

Back 49

to receive
to welcome
to accept

Hint 49

sambutan (reception, welcome)

Front 50

jumpa

Back 50

to meet

Hint 50

berjumpa (to run into, meet)
menjumpai (to find, go to meet, encounter)
perjumpaan (meeting,

Front 51

asal

Back 51

origin
source
beginning
cause

Hint 51

berasal (to be of good family, come from)
seasal (related)
asalnya (originally, initially)

Front 52

sebut
menyebut(kan)

Back 52

to mention
to call
to name

Hint 52

tersebut (mentioned)
sebutan (expression, term)

Front 53

inap
menginap

Back 53

to sleep over
to stay overnight

Hint 53

penginapan (lodging, accommodation)

Front 54

gabung

Back 54

bunch
bundle

Hint 54

bergabung (to come together, gather, join, merge)
menggabungkan (to bale, bundle, fuse)
gabungan (combination, federation, fusion, merger)
tergabung (joined together, united)
penggabungan (combination, union)

Front 55

libur

Back 55

break
holiday
leave

Hint 55

berlibur (to go on holidays)
berliburan (to take a vacation)
liburan (holiday)

Front 56

nikah

Back 56

marriage
wedding
to marry

Hint 56

menikah (to get married)
menikahi (to marry)
pernikahan (marriage ceremony)

Front 57

suka

Back 57

joy
pleasure
to like
to be fond of
to be willing
tend to

Hint 57

sesuka hati (as you please)
suka ribut (to tend to be noisy)

menyukai (to like, love)
kesukaan (joy, pleasure, favourite, hobby)

Front 58

punya

Back 58

to have
to possess
belonging

Hint 58

mempunyai (to have, own, possess)
kepunyaan (possession)

Front 59

boleh

Back 59

to be permitted
may
to be able
can

Hint 59

"Anda boleh pergi" - "You may go"
"Apakah anda boleh melakukan?" - "What can you do?"

(memper)bolehkan (to allow, permit)
kebolehan (ability, skill)

Front 60

lamban

Back 60

slow
lazy
awkward

Hint 60

kelambanan (laziness, clumsiness)
memperlamban (to slow down)

Front 61

pilih
memilih

Back 61

to choose
to select
to elect
to vote

Hint 61

terpilih (elected, selected)
pilihan (choice, selection)
pemilih (voter)
pemilihan (election, poll)

Front 62

tutup

Back 62

closed
shut
cover
lid
complete
full

Hint 62

"tutup pintu" - "close the door"
"tutup botol " - "bottle top"
"rapat tutup" - "the meeting is over"

menutup (to close, shut, cover, conceal)
menutupi (to provide a cover for, cover up)
tertutup (closed, shut, locked)
penutup (cover, lid)

Front 63

guna

Back 63

use
purpose
for
in order to

Hint 63

"Apa gunanya" - "What's the use"
"Saya bekerja guna dapat uang" - "I work to earn money"

berguna (useful)
mempergunakan, menggunakan (to make use of, use)
kegunaan (purpose, use)

Front 64

cakap
bercakap

Back 64

to speak
to talk

Hint 64

bercakap-cakap (to have a conversation, chat)
percakapkan (conversation)

Front 65

lanjut

Back 65

advanced
detailed
continue
continued

Hint 65

berlanjut (continued)
melanjutkan (to continue, extend)
lanjutan (continuation)

Front 66

ucap
ucapan

Back 66

saying
word

Hint 66

mengucapkan (to express)
ucapan (statement, pronunciation)

Front 67

coba

Back 67

to attempt
to try
to try out
please
just try (challenge)

Hint 67

"coba dengarkan" - "please listen"
"coba, yakinkan saya" - "go on, convince me"

mencoba (to try, test)
cobaan (test, ordeal, trial)

Front 68

ikut

Back 68

to follow
to go along

Hint 68

mengikut (to follow, obey)
berikut (following, as follows,accompanying)
pengikut (follower, participant)

Front 69

lalu

Back 69

pass
last
past
afterwards
then

Hint 69

selalu (always)
berlalu (to pass by)
melalui (to pass through, via, by means of)
terlalu (too, exceedingly)
keterlalulan (excessive)

Front 70

rekam
merekam

Back 70

to print
to stamp
to embroider
to record
to note down
to record on tape

Hint 70

rekaman (notes, recorded material, recorded music)
perekam (recording instrument, recording technician)

Front 71

rekan

Back 71

colleague

Hint 71

rekanan (partner, partnership, steady customer)

Front 72

karya

Back 72

work

Hint 72

karyawan (male employee, worker)
karyawati (female employee, worker)

Front 73

jabat

Back 73

to shake hands

Hint 73

jabatan (duty, function, position, post)

Front 74

amat

Back 74

very

Hint 74

mengamati (to watch closely, keep track of, observe, guard)
pengamat (observer)

Front 75

awas

Back 75

careful
to watch out

Hint 75

mengawasi (to control, oversee, supervise)
pengawas (overseer, supervisor, superintendent)
pengawasan (care, supervision, surveillance)

Front 76

aku

Back 76

I
me

Hint 76

mengaku (to confess, admit)

Front 77

salah

Back 77

fault
mistake
wrong
to be in the wrong
to be mistaken

Hint 77

bersalah (to be guilty)
menyalahakan (to accuse, blame)

Front 78

adil

Back 78

just
fair

Hint 78

pengadilan (the court, trial, courthouse)
mengadil (to try a case, bring to justice)
keadilan (justice)

Front 79

tuduh
menuduh

Back 79

to accuse

Hint 79

tertuduh (the accused)
tuduhan (accusation, charge)
penuduh (prosecutor, accuser, plaintiff)
penuduhan (accusation)

Front 80

selundup
menyelundup

Back 80

to hide
to duck into
to infiltrate

Hint 80

menyelundupkan (to smuggle)
penyelundup (smuggler)
selundupan (contraband)

Front 81

telepon

Back 81

telephone

Hint 81

"telepon genggam" - "mobile phone"
"panggilan telepon" - "telephone call"

menelopon (to telephone, call, ring)
penelepon (caller)

Front 82

eja
mengeja

Back 82

to spell

Hint 82

ejaan, mengejaan (spelling)
salah ejaan (spelling mistake)

Front 83

sambung

Back 83

to continue
to go on
to be connected

Hint 83

"salah sambung" - "wrong number"

sambungan (continuation, extension)

Front 84

tepat

Back 84

exact
precise
appropriate

Hint 84

"jam lima tepat" - "five o'clock on the dot"

menepatkan (to aim, direct, adjust,set)
menepati (to head straight for, fulfill)

Front 85

ukur

Back 85

measure
measuring tape

Hint 85

berukuran (to have a measurement of)
mengukur (to measure, survey)
mengukurkan (to measure against something)
ukuran (measurement, dimension, size)
pengukur (gauge, someone who measures)
pengukuran (gauging, measuring)

Front 86

tukar

Back 86

exchange

Hint 86

bertukar (to change)
menukar (to change, barter, exchange)
menukarkan (to give in exchchange, to cash)

Front 87

tinggal

Back 87

to live
to stay
to remain
to be left
remaining
all that is left
all that remains

Hint 87

meninggal (to die)
meninggalkan (to leave behind)
tertinggal (left behind)
meninggali (to live in, to stay at, bequeath)
peninggalan (estate, inheritance, relic, remains)

Front 88

urus
berurusaan

Back 88

to contact
to get in touch with
to have business with

Hint 88

mengurus (to arrange matters, manage, take care of)
mengurusi (to take care of)
menguruskan (to manage, run, handle for someone)
urusan (affair, matter, arrangement, division)
pengurus (board, management, manager)

Front 89

titip
menitipkan

Back 89

to temporarily entrust something to someone

Hint 89

"menitipkan" - "to take (a message)"

titipan (goods left, deposit)

Front 90

saran

Back 90

suggestion

Hint 90

menyarankan (to make a suggestion, suggest, propose)

Front 91

terbang

Back 91

to fly, disappear, ascend rapidly

Hint 91

penerbang (aviator, pilot)
penerbangan (flight)
menerbangi (to fly over)

Front 92

jalan

Back 92

path, road, street, course, way, to go on

Hint 92

jalan-jalan (to go for a stroll)
berjalan (to walk, to go, run)
berjalan-jalan (to take a stroll)
mejalan (to walk on)
menjalankan (to drive, operate)
jalanan (pathway, road, track)
pejalan (walker)
pejalan kaki (pedestrian)
perjalanan (journey, trip, course)