| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Jadi saya telah menyisir undang-undang. | So I've been combing the statutes. |
| Seperti, saya tidak mahu awak menyisir jari pada saya. | like, I don't need you finger-combing my wisps. |
| Mereka menyisir kota mencari_mu. | They're combing the whole city foryou. |
| Dengan sisir emas ia menyisir, dan menyanyikan lagu begitu bebas | "With a golden comb she is combing, and sings a song so free |
| Bolehkah saya menyisir rambut saya yang pertama, Profesor? | May I comb my hair first, Professor? Oh! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مشط | Catalan | pentinar |
| Danish | rede | Dutch | kammen,uitkammen |
| English | comb | Esperanto | kombi |
| Estonian | kammima | Faroese | kemba |
| Finnish | kammata | French | peigner |
| German | durchkämmen, kämmen | Greek | χτενίζω, χτικιάζω, χτυποκαρδίζω, χύνομαι, χωματίζω, ψακώνω, ψάχνομαι |
| Hungarian | fésül | Icelandic | greiða |
| Indonesian | menyisir | Italian | pettinare |
| Japanese | 解かす, 梳る | Lithuanian | sušukuoti, šukuoti, šukuotis |
| Macedonian | исчешла, чешла | Norwegian | kjemme |
| Polish | czesać, naczesać, przeczesać, rozczesać, uczesać, wyczesać, zaczesywać | Portuguese | pentear |
| Quechua | ñaqch'ay | Romanian | dărăci, pieptăna |
| Russian | зачесать, зачёсывать, почесать, расчесать, чесать | Spanish | peinar |
| Swedish | kamma | Thai | หวี |
| Turkish | taramak |