simbar

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay [Term?]. Compare Javanese ꦱꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦂ (simbar, hair on the chest), Old Javanese simbar (parasitic growth on the bark, small fern-like growth, leaf-like ornament or decoration).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsimbar/ [ˈsim.bar]
  • Rhymes: -imbar
  • Syllabification: sim‧bar

Noun

simbar (plural simbar-simbar)

  1. (botany) basket fern (Drynaria sparsisora).
  2. hair that grows on a man's chest
  3. (architecture, archaeology) antefix
    Synonym: antefiks
  4. a large teak tree whose branches are covered in weeds
  5. carved motif in the form of small leaves attached to the front of the tree leaf

Derived terms

  • simbar badak
  • simbar menjangan

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

simbar (first-person singular present simbo, first-person singular preterite simbé, past participle simbado)

  1. (Bolivia) to plait; to braid
    Synonym: trenzar

Conjugation