kabut
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kabut, from Proto-Malayic *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut. Doublet of kabut. Cognate of Indonesian kabus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kabut (first-person possessive kabutku, second-person possessive kabutmu, third-person possessive kabutnya)
- fog:
- (meteorology) a thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
Adjective edit
kabut
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kabut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with kabus, from Proto-Malayic *kabut (compare Indonesian kabut), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut (compare Fijian kabu, Hawaiian ʻohu, Maori kohu).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): [kabot], [kabʊt], [kabo̞t]
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): [kabʊt], [kabot], [kabo̞t]
- Rhymes: -abot, -ot
- Rhymes: -ut
Noun edit
kabut (Jawi spelling کابوت, plural kabut-kabut, informal 1st possessive kabutku, 2nd possessive kabutmu, 3rd possessive kabutnya)
- fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)
Further reading edit
- “kabut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.