| salutation | n (fml) 1. greeting, sapaan, menyapa: to say “assalamualaikum” is a Muslim ~, mengucapkan “assalamualaikum” ialah sapaan di kalangan orang Islam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| form | ~ of address, bentuk sapaan; /good, bad/ ~, /wajar, tdk wajar/: it is considered bad ~ for a lady to act in such a way, memang dirasakan tdk wajar seorang wanita berkelakuan begitu; in ~, a. in a good state of fitness, cukup sihat: he is in good ~ for the fight, dia cukup sihat utk bertarung; b. performing well, approp v + dgn baik: the team was in great ~ last week, pasukan itu bermain dgn cukup baik minggu lepas; c. in good spirits, riang; a matter of ~, sbg formaliti: a vote was taken purely as a matter of ~, pengundian diadakan semata-mata sbg formaliti; off ~, see out of ~; on ~, a. judging from previous performance, berdasarkan prestasi yg lalu; b. see in ~; out of ~, a. not in a good state of fitness, tdk sihat; b. not performing well, tdk approp v + dgn baik: the team was out of ~, pasukan itu tdk bermain dgn baik; c. in poor spirits, tdk riang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| greeting | n 1. salutation, a. (in words) tegur sapa, sapaan: her friendly ~ put everyone at ease, tegur sapanya yg mesra menyenangkan hati setiap orang; b. (by gesture or action), /bentuk, cara/ /alu-aluan, menyambut sso/: a smile, bow, nod of the head and wave of the hand are all ~s, senyum, membongkokkan badan, menundukkan kepala dan melambai, semuanya ialah cara alu-aluan; c. (in writing) salam: please convey my ~s to the family, tolong sampaikan salam saya kpd keluarga; 2. good wishes, ucapan selamat: birthday ~s, ucapan selamat hari jadi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| affectionate | adj 1. possessing, showing affection, pengasih, penyayang: she is naturally ~, dia memang penyayang; 2. expressive of affection, mesra: an ~ greeting, sapaan mesra; an ~ smile, senyuman mesra. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| inclination | n 1. bending, a. (of body) membongkok; b. (of head) melentokkan: he acknowledged the greeting with a slight ~ of the head, dia membalas sapaan itu dgn melentokkan kepalanya sedikit; 2. sloping position, kecondongan, condongan: the ~ of the roof, kecondongan bumbung rumah itu; 3. (math) kecondongan: the ~ of the axis, kecondongan paksi; 4. liking, desire, kehendak hati: to give way to o’s ~s, menurut kehendak hati; if only I were free to follow my ~s, kalaulah saya bebas utk mengikut kehendak hati saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| return | vt 1. give, put, send, etc back, memulangkan, mengembalikan: she ~ed the damaged goods immediately, dia memulangkan barang-barang yg rosak itu dgn segera; you should ~ the form before the closing date, kamu harus mengembalikan borang itu sebelum tarikh tutup; 2. reciprocate, membalas: he did not ~ my greeting, dia tdk membalas sapaan saya; try as she might, she could not ~ his love, walau dicuba seberapa daya, dia tdk dapat membalas cintanya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| exchange | vt 1. give (st) and receive (st) in return, (letters, presents, etc) berbalas-balas, bertukar-tukar; (addresses , business cards, photographs, etc) bertukar-tukar; (views, ideas, etc) bertukar-tukar: the heads of state ~d gifts, ketua-ketua negara itu bertukar-tukar hadiah; ~ blows, bertumbuk(-tumbukan), berbalas-balas tumbukan; ~ glances, saling pandang-memandang, berbalas pandangan; ~ greetings, bertegur-sapa, saling sapa-menyapa, berbalas-balas sapaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dry | 11. (of cough) kering; 12. prohibiting the sale, purchase, consumption of alcoholic liquor, minuman keras diharamkan: this town is ~. You will have to go to the border to buy beer, minuman keras diharamkan di bandar ini. Kamu kenalah pergi ke sempadan utk membeli bir; 13. wry, witty, bersahaja: ~ humour, jenaka yg bersahaja; 14. unemotional, cold, hambar: a ~ greeting, sapaan yg hambar; she suggested, in a ~ voice, that perhaps I should look for employment elsewhere, dgn suara yg hambar dia | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| acknowledge | 4. take notice of, indicate recognition, awareness of, a. (person), (through verbal response) menyapa, menegur; (by gesturing), [no specif translation]: the next time we met she refused to ~ me, apabila kami bertemu lagi dia tdk mahu menyapa saya; to ~ so. with a /nod, smile, wave, etc/, /mengangguk, tersenyum, melambai dll/ kpd sso; b. (greeting) membalas, menyambut: to ~ so’s greeting with a nod, membalas sapaan sso dgn menganggukkan kepala; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |