kumbah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah, umbah. Cognate of Sundanese ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ (kumbah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊmbah]
• Hyphenation: kum‧bah

Verb

kumbah

1. (dialect) to wash

   Synonyms: basuh, cuci

Conjugation

Conjugation of kumbah (meng-, intransitive)
Root	kumbah
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengumbah	terkumbah	dikumbah	kumbah	kumbahlah
Locative	mengumbahi	terkumbahi	dikumbahi	kumbahi	kumbahilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengumbahkan	terkumbahkan	dikumbahkan	kumbahkan	kumbahkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperkumbah	terperkumbah	diperkumbah	perkumbah	perkumbahlah
Locative	memperkumbahi	terperkumbahi	diperkumbahi	perkumbahi	perkumbahilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperkumbahkan	terperkumbahkan	diperkumbahkan	perkumbahkan	perkumbahkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• mengumbah

 

Further reading

• “kumbah” 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.

Old Javanese

Verb

kumbah

1. to wash (clothes)

Sundanese

Romanization

kumbah

1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ