tumbuk

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tumbuk. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tumbuk, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tumbuk in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tumbuk you have here. The definition of the word tumbuk will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftumbuk, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tum‧buk

Etymology 1

From Malay tumbuk, from Classical Malay تومبوق (tumbuk), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Verb

tumbuk

  1. to pound; to crush; to strike
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese tumbuk.

Noun

tumbuk (first-person possessive tumbukku, second-person possessive tumbukmu, third-person possessive tumbuknya)

  1. celebration of one's Windu birthday (every eight years).

Further reading

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦏ꧀
Pegon
Roman tumbuk

Etymology

From Old Javanese tumbuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Noun

tumbuk

  1. traditional ceremony held to celebrate someone's eight-year cycle Windu birthday

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tumbuk

Verb

tumbuk

  1. to collide head-on; to knock against; to strike each other
  2. to coincide with; to be the same as

Derived terms

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “tumbuk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Pronunciation

Verb

tumbuk (Jawi spelling تومبوق)

  1. to punch; to strike
  2. to pound; to crush

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Verb

tumbuk

  1. to hit with a thump

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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