tembako

Javanese

Romanization

tembako

  1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦺꦴ

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦺꦴ (tembako, “tobacco”), from Persian تنباکو (tanbâku), from Portuguese tabaco.

Noun

tembako

  1. tobacco
    Broentoeng betoelah anaknja itoe toekang tembako![1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ Hauw San Liang (1907) Pembalesan Kedji [Vicious Retribution] (in Peranakan Indonesian), page 8
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