kumbah

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

kumbah

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of kumbah (meng-, intransitive)
Root kumbah
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active mengumbah terkumbah dikumbah kumbah kumbahlah
Locative mengumbahi terkumbahi dikumbahi kumbahi kumbahilah
Causative / Applicative1 mengumbahkan terkumbahkan dikumbahkan kumbahkan kumbahkanlah
Causative
Active memperkumbah terperkumbah diperkumbah perkumbah perkumbahlah
Locative memperkumbahi terperkumbahi diperkumbahi perkumbahi perkumbahilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperkumbahkan terperkumbahkan diperkumbahkan perkumbahkan perkumbahkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kumbah

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed umbah +‎ ka-.

Verb

kumbah

  1. to wash (clothes)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

kumbah

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ