lumba-lumba
See also: lumbalumba
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay lumba-lumba, reduplication of lumba (“race; running competition”) (Indonesian lomba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumbəq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lumba-lumba (first-person possessive lumba-lumbaku, second-person possessive lumba-lumbamu, third-person possessive lumba-lumbanya)
Further reading edit
- “lumba-lumba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of lumba (“race; running competition”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumbəq.
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /lum.bə lum.bə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /lum.ba lum.ba/
- Rhymes: -a
Noun edit
lumba-lumba (Jawi spelling ٢ لومبا, plural lumba-lumba-lumba-lumba, informal 1st possessive lumba-lumbaku, 2nd possessive lumba-lumbamu, 3rd possessive lumba-lumbanya)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: lumba-lumba
Further reading edit
- “lumba-lumba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "lumba-lumba" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Malay lumba-lumba, or analytically a reduplication of lumba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lumbá-lumbá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “lumba-lumba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018