rembes
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay rémbés, from Javanese ꦫꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦱ꧀ (rémbés, “running, watery (eyes)”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rèmbès
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ (rembes, “to ooze, to seep; to infiltrate”), from Old Javanese rĕmbĕs (“oozing, seeping, trickling”). Compare with Malay rémbés.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rêmbês
- to ooze, to seep.
- to infiltrate.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from English reimburse.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rêmbês (first-person possessive rembesku, second-person possessive rembesmu, third-person possessive rembesnya)
Further reading edit
- “rembes” 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.