| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aku mengukir kalung ini untuk nenekmu saat kami bertunangan. | I carved this necklace for your grandmother when we got engaged. |
| Saya pikir itu adalah mengukir bagus. | I thought it was a nice carve. |
| Apa salah satu dari kalian pernah mengalami paksaan untuk menulis atau mengukir? | Have either of you been experiencing a compulsion - to write or carve? |
| Mulailah mengukir, Matthew. | Start carving Matthew, carve it. |
| Kita mungkin bisa melakukan bisnis sambil bermain dan aku akan mengukir bagian kecil dariku. | We might do business on a board, and I'll carve the pieces myself. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | قط | Dutch | uithakken,uithalen, voorsnijden |
| English | carve | Estonian | nikerdama |
| Finnish | veistää, vuolla | French | buriner, se tailler |
| German | schnitzen, tranchieren | Hungarian | farag |
| Italian | incidere, scalcare, scolpire | Japanese | 刻む |
| Macedonian | длаби, изрезбари | Polish | cyzelować, porzeźbić, rzeźbić, urzeźbić, ustrugać, wycyzelować, wydeptywać, wyrzeźbić, wystrugać |
| Portuguese | esculpir | Russian | вырезать, вырезывать |
| Spanish | labrar, trinchar | Swedish | rista, tälja |
| Vietnamese | điêu khắc, khắc |