rimbas

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay rimbas (small adze; hammerhead shark), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liŋ(e)bas (kind of axe or adze). Cognate of Javanese rimbas (to square wood with an adze), Old Javanese rimbas, rimwas (woodman's axe)).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrimbas/ [ˈrim.bas]
  • Rhymes: -imbas
  • Syllabification: rim‧bas

Noun

rimbas (plural rimbas-rimbas)

  1. cooper's adze

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liŋ(e)bas (kind of axe or adze). Cognate of Malay rimbas (small adze; hammerhead shark).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rim.bas/
  • Rhymes: -bas
  • Hyphenation: rim‧bas

Noun

rimbas

  1. woodman's axe
    Synonyms: kuliśa, kuṭāra, paraśu, paraśwadha, pĕrkul, rimwas, waduṅ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: rimbas (inherited)