tembang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese tembang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təmˈbaŋ/ [t̪əmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: tem‧bang

Noun

têmbang (plural tembang-tembang, first-person possessive tembangku, second-person possessive tembangmu, third-person possessive tembangnya)

1. song

   Synonyms: gita, lagu, nyanyian

2. poetry

   Synonym: puisi

3. (music) single

   Synonym: singel

Further reading

• “tembang” 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.

Javanese

Noun

tembang

1. song

Kambera

Verb

tembang

1. (intransitive) to be stupid

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Sundanese

Romanization

tembang

1. Romanization of ᮒᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ