| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Dok, tunggu! | Doc, wait ! |
| Itu saja tunggu sebentar. | That's it wait a minute. |
| Apa yang Anda tunggu, pesanan? | What are you waiting for, an order? |
| Tunggu, tunggu. | Wait, wait, wait! |
| Tanamkan cakarmu di sini, moncongmu tetap tertutup, dan tunggu aku kembali. | Plant your paws here, keep your muzzle shut, and wait for me to come back. |
| 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 |
| Indonesian | menunggu, menunggui, tunggu | Japanese | 待つ |
| Latvian | gaidīt, pagaidīt | Lithuanian | laukti, palaukti, palūkėti, pralaukti |
| Macedonian | чека | 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 |