kumbah

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah. Cognate of Sundanese kumbah.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkumbah/ [ˈkum.bah]
  • Rhymes: -umbah
  • Syllabification: kum‧bah

Verb

kumbah (active mengumbah, passive dikumbah)

  1. (chiefly dialectal) to wash
    Synonyms: basuh, cuci

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kumbah

  1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed umbah +‎ ka-.

Verb

kumbah

  1. to wash (clothes)

Derived terms

  • aṅumbah
  • kakumbah
  • kinumbah

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: kumbah
    • → Malay: کومبه (kumbah)

Further reading

  • "kumbah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes wasuh
lemes ka sorangan {{{les}}}
lemes ka batur {{{leb}}}
loma kumbah
cohag {{{co}}}

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah.

Verb

kumbah (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ)

  1. to wash

Derived terms

  • kukumbah
  • ngumbah
  • ngumbah dampal suku ibu

Further reading

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