| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Popeye menyelam. | - Popeye dive. |
| Tapi seperti yang kita menyelam lebih dalam ke laut, | But as we dive deeper into the sea, |
| Saya melakukan sedikit pekerjaan rumah pada orang yang mengambil menyelam hidung setelah ia tersengat listrik. | I did a little homework on the guy who took a nose dive after he was electrocuted. |
| Petugas dek, persiapkan untuk menyelam. | Officer of the deck, prepare to dive. |
| ...Kau menyelam dan mereka tak bisa melihatmu. | -Yeah. ...You dive underwater and they probably won't be able to see you. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | غاص,غطس, قحم | Danish | dukke |
| Dutch | duiken, induiken, onderduiken | English | dive |
| Esperanto | mergi, plonĝi | Finnish | dyykata, sukeltaa |
| German | tauchen | Greek | καταδύομαι |
| Hungarian | merül | Icelandic | kafa |
| Japanese | 潜水 | Latvian | nirt |
| Lithuanian | nardyti, nerti, panirti, pasinerti | Macedonian | нурка, се нурне |
| Maori | ruku | Norwegian | dykke, filme, stupe |
| Polish | nurkować, zanurkować, znurkować | Russian | нырнуть, нырять |
| Spanish | bucear, sumergirse, zambullir, zambullirse | Swedish | dyka |
| Thai | ดำ, ดำน้ำ, พำ | Turkish | dalmak |
| Vietnamese | bổ nhào, ngụp |