kembung
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
kembung
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kembung (first-person possessive kembungku, second-person possessive kembungmu, third-person possessive kembungnya)
- Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta).
- Synonyms: banjar, kembung jantan, kembung laki, kembung lelaki, solisi
Further reading edit
- “kembung” 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
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kembuŋ (“swollen, filled out”). Cognate with Javanese kembung and Sasak kembung.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kembung (Jawi spelling کمبوڠ)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: kembung
Further reading edit
- “kembung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *kembuŋ