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Indonesian
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)
- flag, pennant
- scarecrow
- spring
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Minangkabau
Adjective
umbul
- fertile
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sundanese
Noun
umbul (first-person possessive umbulku, second-person possessive umbulmu, third-person possessive umbulnya)
- a small village of 1-3 houses
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
umbul
- Romanization of ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /um.bul/
- Rhymes: -bul
- Hyphenation: um‧bul
Noun
umbul
- 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)
- number
- Synonym: nummul (Indonesia)
Derived terms