kembar
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kembar, ultimately from Austroasiatic (cf. Proto-Aslian *kəmbaar).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kembar
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects)
- similar, alike, comparable.
- Synonym: serupa
- copy: the result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kembar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
kembar
- Romanization of ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦂ.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Austroasiatic (cf. Proto-Aslian *kəmbaar (“twin”), Bahnar kơmar (“twin”), Ngeq kampʌaːr (“twin”), Alak baːr (“twin”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kembar (Jawi spelling کمبر, plural kembar-kembar, informal 1st possessive kembarku, 2nd possessive kembarmu, 3rd possessive kembarnya)
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: kembar
- → Bikol Central: kambal
- → Javanese: ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦂ (kembar)
- → Sambali: kambal
- → Tagalog: kambal
Further reading edit
- “kembar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.