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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay rémbés, from Javanese ꦫꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦱ꧀ (rémbés, running, watery (eyes)).

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Adjective

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rèmbès

  1. runny, watery (of eye diseases).

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ (rembes, to ooze, to seep; to infiltrate), from Old Javanese rĕmbĕs (oozing, seeping, trickling). Compare with Malay rémbés.

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Verb

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rêmbês

  1. to ooze, to seep.
  2. to infiltrate.
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English reimburse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rêmbês (first-person possessive rembesku, second-person possessive rembesmu, third-person possessive rembesnya)

  1. (colloquial) reimburse.

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