| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Sebenarnya, aku menunggui bus kemarin juga. | Actually, I waited for the bus yesterday too. |
| Orang itu menunggui nya minum sampai dia tak sadarkan diri. | One waits for him to drink until he passes out. |
| Kamu berjanji untuk menunggui aku. | You promised to wait for me |
| Siapa yg menunggui telpon, dan bercakap-cakap dg cewe? | Who's waiting by the phone, and who's chatting up the girl? |
| - Bapak Presiden, pers menunggui anda pak. | - Mr. President, the press is waiting for you, sir. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wag | Arabic | انتظر |
| Azeri | gözləmək | Catalan | esperar,tardar |
| Danish | vente | Dutch | wachten |
| English | wait | Faroese | bíða |
| Finnish | vartoa, venata, ventata, vuottaa | German | kellnern, warten |
| Greek | περιμένω | Hebrew | חיכה |
| Hungarian | vár, várakozik | Icelandic | bíða |
| Japanese | 待つ | Latvian | gaidīt, pagaidīt |
| Lithuanian | laukti, palaukti, palūkėti, pralaukti | Macedonian | чека |
| Malay | menunggu, tunggu | Maori | tatari |
| Norwegian | bie, venta | Persian | صبر کردن |
| Polish | czekać, doczekać, odczekać, poczekać, przeczekać, zaczekać | Portuguese | esperar |
| Quechua | suyay | Romanian | adăsta |
| Russian | ждать, обождать, поджидать, подождать | Spanish | aguardar |
| Swedish | vänta | Thai | คอย, รอ, รา |
| Turkish | beklemek, bekletmek | Vietnamese | chờ |