bawang bombai

Indonesian

Etymology

From bawang (“Allium sp.”) +‎ Bombai (“Bombay, Former name of Mumbai”).

Noun

bawang bombai (first-person possessive bawang bombaiku, second-person possessive bawang bombaimu, third-person possessive bawang bombainya)

1. onion

See also

• bawang merah
• bawang putih

Further reading

• “bawang bombai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.