Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪um.bʊk̚]
  • Hyphenation: tum‧buk

Etymology 1

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From Malay tumbuk, from Classical Malay تومبوق (tumbuk), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Verb

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tumbuk

  1. to pound; to crush; to strike
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese tumbuk.

Noun

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tumbuk (first-person possessive tumbukku, second-person possessive tumbukmu, third-person possessive tumbuknya)

  1. celebration of one's Windu birthday (every eight years).

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Javanese

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Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦏ꧀
Roman tumbuk

Etymology

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From Old Javanese tumbuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Noun

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tumbuk

  1. traditional ceremony held to celebrate someone's eight-year cycle Windu birthday

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: tumbuk

Verb

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tumbuk

  1. to collide head-on; to knock against; to strike each other
  2. to coincide with; to be the same as

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Further reading

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  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “tumbuk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tumbuk (Jawi spelling تومبوق)

  1. to punch; to strike
  2. to pound; to crush

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Descendants

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk.

Verb

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tumbuk

  1. to hit with a thump

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Further reading

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  • "tumbuk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.