selubung

Inherited from Malay selubung.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈlubuŋ/ [səˈlu.bʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -ubuŋ
• Syllabification: se‧lu‧bung

selubung (plural selubung-selubung)

1. cover, shawl, veil
2. envelope, envelopment
3. wrapper
4. case, casing.

• “selubung”, 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

From the root meaning “to cover” or “wrap”, possibly related to Proto-Malayic *lubuŋ (“to enclose, to wrap”).

• IPA^(key): /səlubʊŋ/

selubung

1. cover, shroud, wrap, enclosure

   Mayat itu dibalut dengan selubung kain putih. ― The corpse was wrapped with a white shroud.

2. layer or coating covering something

   Awan tebal menjadi selubung matahari. ― Thick clouds became a layer covering the sun.

3. (figurative) veil or cloak (of secrecy, mystery, etc.)

   Kisah itu masih diselubungi misteri. ― The story is still shrouded in mystery.

• → Indonesian: selubung

• balut
• tutup