domba

Cia-Cia

Etymology

From Indonesian domba.

Noun

domba (Hangul spelling 돔바)

1. sheep

Derived terms

• penggembala domba

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay domba, from Persian دنبه (donba, “sheep's tail”), دم (dom, “tail”), from Middle Persian dwm(b') (/⁠dum(b)⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔm.ba]

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• Hyphenation: dom‧ba

Noun

domba (first-person possessive dombaku, second-person possessive dombamu, third-person possessive dombanya)

1. sheep,
   1. a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

      Synonym: biri-biri

   2. (Christianity) a religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community.

Descendants

• → Cia-Cia: domba

Further reading

• “domba” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Persian دنبه (donbah, “sheep's tail”), دم (dom, “tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔm.ba]
• Hyphenation: dom‧ba

Noun

domba (Jawi spelling دومبا, plural domba-domba, informal 1st possessive dombaku, 2nd possessive dombamu, 3rd possessive dombanya) (obsolete)

1. sheep (archaic) - a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

Synonyms

• biri-biri
• bebiri

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, limited, page 298

Further reading

• “domba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.