umbul

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊm.bʊl/
  • Rhymes: -bʊl
  • Hyphenation: um‧bul

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭ꧀ (umbul, spring, flag, pennant), from Old Javanese umbul.

Noun

umbul (plural umbul-umbul, first-person possessive umbulku, second-person possessive umbulmu, third-person possessive umbulnya)

  1. flag, pennant
  2. scarecrow
  3. spring
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau

Adjective

umbul

  1. fertile

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sundanese

Noun

umbul (first-person possessive umbulku, second-person possessive umbulmu, third-person possessive umbulnya)

  1. a small village of 1-3 houses

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

umbul

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /um.bul/
  • Rhymes: -bul
  • Hyphenation: um‧bul

Noun

umbul

  1. spring

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from English number. Compare Malay nombor, Brunei Malay numbur, Indonesian nomor.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔumbul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: um‧bul

Noun

umbul (Sulat Sūg spelling اُمْبُلْ)

  1. number
    Synonym: nummul (Indonesia)

Derived terms