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Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Adjective
tambun (Jawi spelling تمبون)
- fat
- Synonyms: berisi, debab, gemuk
- budak tambun ― fat kid
Affixations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Minangkabau tambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabun.[1]
Noun
tambun (Jawi spelling تمبون, plural tambun-tambun, informal 1st possessive tambunku, 2nd possessive tambunmu, 3rd possessive tambunnya)
- heap, pile
- Synonyms: timbun, longgok, tindih
- tambun emas ― pile of gold
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Compounds
References
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tabun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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