kabur
Indonesian
editAlternative forms
edit- kaboer (pre-1947)
Etymology
editReconstructed as ke- + abur, awur, inherited from Malay kabur, from Classical Malay kabur, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɓur, *ɓur (“dark, night”). Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦧꦸꦂ (kabur, “to get blown away; gone, vanished”), ꦲꦧꦸꦂ (abur, “flight through the air”), ꦏꦮꦸꦂ (kawur, “dispersed, scattered”), ꦲꦮꦸꦂ (awur, “to do haphazardly or without basis”), and Old Javanese awur (“confused, mixed up together, hard to distinguish clearly”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editkabur
Derived terms
editNoun
editkabur (first-person possessive kaburku, second-person possessive kaburmu, third-person possessive kaburnya)
Verb
editkabur
Further reading
edit- “kabur” 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
editPronunciation
edit- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ˈkabor/ [ˈka.bor]
- (Bahasa Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈkabur/ [ˈka.bur]
Adjective
editkabur (Jawi spelling کابور)
- ambiguous; hazy; unclear
- blurred; blurry (of vision or photograph)
- Synonyms: samar-samar, kelam, redam
- vague (of speech, writing)
- not fully known; obscure
- Synonym: samar-samar
- cloudy; overcast
- Synonym: mendung
Further reading
edit- “kabur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/bʊr
- Rhymes:Indonesian/bʊr/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ʊr
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ʊr/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/r
- Rhymes:Indonesian/r/2 syllables
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