rumah

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ru.mah/
  • (Kedayan) IPA(key): /umah/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧mah

Noun

rumah

  1. house (abode)
  2. home (house or structure in which someone lives)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

rumah

  1. house (abode)
  2. home (house or structure in which someone lives)

Derived terms

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay rumah, from Classical Malay rumah (house), from Proto-Malayic *rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈrumah/,
  • Hyphenation: ru‧mah

Noun

rumah (first-person possessive rumahku, second-person possessive rumahmu, third-person possessive rumahnya)

  1. house (abode)
  2. home (house or structure in which someone lives)
    Kemarin aku pergi ke rumah teman.
    I went to a friend’s home yesterday.

Derived terms

compound words

See also

Further reading

Malay

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

rumah (Jawi spelling رومه, plural rumah-rumah, informal 1st possessive rumahku, 2nd possessive rumahmu, 3rd possessive rumahnya)

  1. house (abode)
  2. home (house or structure in which someone lives)
    Synonym: (archaic) bait / بيت
    Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.
    I went to a friend’s home yesterday.

Derived terms

compound words

Descendants

  • Indonesian: rumah

See also

Further reading