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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: tum‧buk
Etymology 1
From Malay tumbuk, from Classical Malay تومبوق (tumbuk), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.
Verb
tumbuk
- 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)
- celebration of one's Windu birthday (every eight years).
Further reading
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese tumbuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.
Noun
tumbuk
- traditional ceremony held to celebrate someone's eight-year cycle Windu birthday
Descendants
Verb
tumbuk
- to collide head-on; to knock against; to strike each other
- 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)
- to punch; to strike
- to pound; to crush
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.
Verb
tumbuk
- 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.