Penyenaraian itu menunjukkan kabinet kayu padu.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that / the) usually come after the noun.

So:

• penyenaraian itu = that listing / the listing
• not itu penyenaraian in normal noun-phrase order

This is one of the most noticeable differences from English word order.

Penyenaraian means something like listing, the act of listing, or an entry/listing depending on context.

It comes from the root senarai (list) with the circumfix peN- ... -an, which often forms nouns related to an action, process, or result.

A rough breakdown is:

• senarai = list
• penyenaraian = listing / enumeration / the act of listing

So a learner can think of it as a noun built from senarai.

Menunjukkan means to show, to indicate, or to display, depending on context.

It comes from the root tunjuk (show / point out) plus affixes:

• meN-: marks an active verb
• -kan: often makes the verb transitive or gives it a show something sense

So:

• tunjuk = show / point
• menunjukkan = shows / is showing / showed, depending on context

In this sentence, it means that the listing shows or indicates the solid wood cabinet.

Malay verbs do not change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So menunjukkan can mean:

• shows
• is showing
• showed
• has shown

The time is usually understood from context or made clear with time words such as:

• semalam = yesterday
• sekarang = now
• akan = will / going to

Without any time marker, the sentence is often understood in a general or present-time sense.

Malay generally does not use articles like a, an, or the.

So:

• kabinet can mean a cabinet, the cabinet, or just cabinet
• the exact meaning depends on context

In this sentence, English may need a or the, but Malay does not.

Malay noun phrases are usually built from the main noun first, followed by modifiers.

So:

• kabinet = cabinet
• kayu padu = solid wood

Put together:

• kabinet kayu padu = solid wood cabinet

This may feel reversed compared with English, but it is normal in Malay.

A useful way to see it is:

• main thing: kabinet
• what kind of cabinet?: kayu padu

Because kayu padu is the phrase meaning solid wood.

Here:

• kayu = wood
• padu = solid

So kabinet kayu padu is literally something like cabinet [of] wood solid, but naturally understood as solid wood cabinet.

Malay often places descriptive words after the word they describe, so this order is normal.

Yes, kabinet is a loanword and is very similar in form and meaning.

Depending on context, kabinet can refer to:

• a cabinet as furniture
• a cabinet in politics, such as a group of ministers

In this sentence, because of kayu padu (solid wood), it clearly refers to the furniture meaning.

Yes. In many contexts, itu can feel like that, but it can also function in a way that English would translate more naturally as the.

So:

• penyenaraian itu could be that listing
• or simply the listing

Which translation sounds best depends on the wider context.

Yes, it can.

• Penyenaraian menunjukkan kabinet kayu padu.

This is grammatical, but it is a bit less specific.

Adding itu makes it refer to a particular listing already known in the conversation, like that listing or the listing.

Yes. Malay commonly puts the subject first, followed by the verb, then the object.

So the structure here is:

• Penyenaraian itu = subject
• menunjukkan = verb
• kabinet kayu padu = object

This is quite close to normal English sentence structure:

• The listing
  • shows
    • a solid wood cabinet

A few useful pronunciation points:

• ny in penyenaraian sounds like the ny in canyon
• ng in menunjukkan sounds like ng in singer, not like n-guh
• Malay spelling is generally fairly phonetic

A rough guide:

• penyenaraian ≈ pen-ye-na-rai-an
• menunjukkan ≈ me-nun-jook-kan

The exact pronunciation can vary a little by speaker, but those sound patterns will help a lot.

Usually, yes. Menunjukkan normally takes an object because it means to show something or to indicate something.

In this sentence, the object is:

• kabinet kayu padu

So the sentence is complete because it tells us what the listing shows.

If you wanted a less object-focused verb, Malay has other choices depending on the meaning, but menunjukkan naturally expects something to be shown or indicated.