pancaroba
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “spread out”) + रव (rava, “roar, thunder”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpancaroba (first-person possessive pancarobaku, second-person possessive pancarobamu, third-person possessive pancarobanya)
- transitional season between dry season and wet season.
- Hypernym: musim
- (figurative) uncertain.
- (dated) revolution
- Toendjoekkanlah dasar perbedaan djika hal itoe dibandingkan dengan peroebahan politik dinegeri-negeri asing, oempamanja pantjaroba (revolusi) Cromwell atau pantjaroba Perantjis. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
edit- “pancaroba” 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
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “spread out”) + रव (rava, “roar, thunder”).
Noun
editpancaroba (Jawi spelling ڤنچاروبا, informal 1st possessive pancarobaku, 2nd possessive pancarobamu, 3rd possessive pancarobanya)
- transitional season between dry season and wet season.
- Hypernym: musim
- (figurative) uncertain.
Further reading
edit- “pancaroba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.