lembu
See also: lĕmbu
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lembu, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lnboʔ (“ox”). Cognate of Javanese ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (lembu), Old Javanese lĕmbu, lambu, lamwu (“cow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ləmˈbu]
- Hyphenation: lêm‧bu
Noun
lembu (plural lembu-lembu)
Compounds
- lembu dogol
- lembu dongkol
- lembu hutan
- lembu kasi
- lembu laut
- lembu perahan
- lembu Suana
Further reading
- “lembu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
lembu
- romanization of ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ
Malay
Etymology
Related to Acehnese leumo, Western Cham lemou and Jarai rơmo (all three from Proto-Chamic *lamo[1]), likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lnboʔ (“ox”)[2]
Pronunciation
- (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ləmˈbu/ [ləmˈbu]
Audio (Malaysia): (file) - Rhymes: -bu, -u
- Hyphenation: lem‧bu
Noun
lembu (Jawi spelling لمبو, plural lembu-lembu or lembu2)
- cattle (domesticated bovine animals)
- Saya mempunyai tiga ekor lembu. (formal) ― I have three cattle.
- Aku ada tiga ekor lembu. (informal) ― I have three cattle.
- Berat badan lembu boleh mencapai 700 kilogram.
- A cow can weigh as much as 700 kilograms.
Derived terms
Affixations
- memperlembu
Descendants
References
- ^ Turgood, Graham (1999), Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 136, 340-1
- ^ H. L. Shorto (2006), A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 97
Further reading
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “لمبو lĕmboe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 119
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “لمبو lĕmbu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 608-9
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “lĕmbu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 41-2
- "lembu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017