| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Mungkin kita harus menurunkan jendela mobil dan melambai. | We mightas wellroll down our windows andwave. |
| dia ingin untuk berbicara dengan lu , Jadi ia membuat beberapa panggilan , Dan dia melambai tongkat sihirnya , dan ... | He wanted to see you, so he made some calls... and he waved his magic wand and poof! |
| Dia hanya bisa melambai. | All he wanted to do was wave! |
| Aku melambai padamu di taman pagi ini. | I waved at you this morning in the playground. |
| Kau lihat caranya mereka melambai pada kita? | You saw the way they waved us in? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | waai | Arabic | موج |
| Danish | vinke | Dutch | wuiven,wurgen |
| English | wave | Esperanto | flagri, mansaluti |
| Estonian | hõljutama, lehvitama, onduleerima, sakitama, viibutama | Faroese | veittra |
| Finnish | aallota, aaltoilla, heilutella, heiluttaa, hyrskytä, kähertää, lainehtia, viittilöidä, viittoa, vilkuttaa | German | wedeln, wellen |
| Greek | κυματίζω, κυμβαλίζω, κυριολεκτώ, κυριολεχτώ | Hungarian | beint, int, integet, lobog |
| Italian | dimenare, ondulare, sbandierare, sventolare | Japanese | 振り翳す, 振る |
| Lithuanian | maskatuoti, mojuoti, mosikuoti, mosuoti, moti, nuvilnyti, plevėsuoti, vilnyti | Macedonian | мавта |
| Norwegian | vaie, vinke | Polish | machać, ondulować, pofalować, pomachać, wymachiwać, zafalować |
| Portuguese | ondear | Romanian | învălura |
| Russian | виться, махать, махнуть, помахать, помахивать | Spanish | ondear, ondular |
| Swedish | bölja, vinka, vinkla |