tabung
Iban edit
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tabung
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tabung, probably from Semelai tabong (“container”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ ]b[oo]ŋ (“feeding-trough”).
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tabung (plural tabung-tabung, first-person possessive tabungku, second-person possessive tabungmu, third-person possessive tabungnya)
- tube: anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- cylinder:
- (geometry) a surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve; a solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- Synonym: silinder
- any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
- Synonym: silinder
- tabung gas ― gas cylinder
- (geometry) a surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve; a solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- (probably dated) bamboo section.
- Synonym: bumbung
- (dated or archaic) box (mailbox, etc)
- Synonym: bis
- (obsolete) piggy bank, traditionally made from bamboo
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Further reading edit
- “tabung” 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 edit
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ta‧bung
- Rhymes: -uŋ
Noun edit
tabung (informal 1st possessive tabungku, 2nd possessive tabungmu, 3rd possessive tabungnya) (jawi translation تابوڠ)