rimba

Inherited from Malay rimba, from Proto-Malayic *rimba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀimba.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrimba/ [ˈrim.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: rim‧ba

rimba (plural rimba-rimba)

1. forest, jungle

   Synonyms: alas, hutan

• “rimba”, 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

• rimbang

rimba

1. hunger
2. famine

• Marian Klamer (1998), A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *rimba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀimba. Compare Minangkabau rimbo and Ngaju himba.

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈrimba/ [ˈrim.ba]
  • Rhymes: -imba, -mba, -ba
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈrimbə/ [ˈrim.bə]
  • Rhymes: -imbə, -mbə, -bə
• Hyphenation: rim‧ba

rimba (Jawi spelling ريمبا, plural rimba-rimba or rimba²)

1. jungle, forest

   Hypernyms: hutan, pangan (archaic)

• > Indonesian: rimba (inherited)

• "rimba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017