| ask | vt 1. put a question to, menanyai; (if the direct obj of the Malay sentence is other than person) menanyakan: he ~ed them which they preferred, dia menanyai mereka yg manakah pilihan mereka; they ~ed him about his son, mereka menanyainya ttg anak lelakinya; we were ~ed our names, dia menanyakan nama kami; to ~ so. the way, menanyakan jalan ke sst tempat pd sso; 2. inquire about, menanyakan: to ~ the time, menanyakan waktu; did you ~ her whereabouts?, adakah kamu menanyakan di mana dia berada?; 3. frame, put (question) menanyakan: he only ~ed one or two questions, dia menanyakan satu dua soalan sahaja; 4. request, demand, meminta; (favour, permission, pardon, forgiveness, etc) memohon, meminta; (imper) suruh: he was ~ed to speak at the meeting, dia diminta berucap dlm mesyuarat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| anybody | pron 1. any unspecified person, sesiapa, siapa-siapa, orang: is ~ home?, ada sesiapa di rumah?; if ~ asks for me tell them I have gone home, kalau sesiapa menanyakan saya, beritahu dia saya sudah pulang; I doubt if ~ dare contradict him, saya sangsi apakah ada sesiapa yg berani membantahnya; 2. any person without exception, sesiapa /pun, sahaja/, siapa-siapa /pun, sahaja/: ~ can answer that question, sesiapa pun dapat menjawab soalan itu; I’ll challenge ~ to a race, saya mencabar sesiapa sahaja utk berlumba dgn saya; Hassan can do it if ~ can, jika sesiapa pun dapat membuatnya, Hassan pun dapat; 3. any other person, /sesiapa, siapa-siapa/ (pun): he knows Kuala Lumpur better than ~, dia mengetahui Kuala Lumpur lebih drpd sesiapa pun; he doesn’t mean to do ~ any harm, dia tdk berniat menganiaya sesiapa; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lead 1 | 4. ask question designed to extract desired answer, mengemukakan soalan pimpin: the defense counsel attempted to ~ the witness, peguam pembela itu mencuba mengemukakan soalan pimpin kpd saksi tersebut; 5. steer the course of (conversation), membawa; (tutorial etc) membimbing: she was very clever in ~ing the conversation to a point where she could enquire about her ex-husband, dia sangat pandai membawa perbualan itu supaya dia dapat menanyakan hal bekas suaminya; the tutor led the discussion group, tutor itu membimbing kumpulan perbincangan tersebut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |