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Javanese
Romanization
tembako
- Romanization of ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦺꦴ
Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦺꦴ (tembako, “tobacco”), from Persian تنباکو (tanbâku), from Portuguese tabaco.
Noun
tembako
- tobacco
- Broentoeng betoelah anaknja itoe toekang tembako![1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Hauw San Liang (1907) Pembalesan Kedji [Vicious Retribution] (in Peranakan Indonesian), page 8