kembung
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəmˈbʊŋ]
- Hyphenation: kêm‧bung
Etymology 1
Adjective
kembung (comparative lebih kembung, superlative paling kembung)
Etymology 2
Noun
kembung (plural kembung-kembung)
- Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)
- Synonyms: banjar, kembung jantan, kembung laki, kembung lelaki, solisi
Further reading
- “kembung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kembuŋ (“swollen, filled out”). Cognate with Javanese kembung and Sasak kembung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəmbuŋ/
- Rhymes: -əmbuŋ, -buŋ, -uŋ
Adjective
kembung (Jawi spelling کمبوڠ)
- inflated, bloated; seeming big due to being filled up with air
- Synonyms: gembung, lembung
- Perut kembung ― Bloated belly
Derived terms
- dikembungkan
- ikan kembung
- kekembungan
- kelembung
- kembung padi
- kembungkan
- mengembung
- mengembungkan
- terkembung
Descendants
- Indonesian: kembung
Further reading
- “kembung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *kembuŋ