tembakau

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tembakau, from Hindi तंबाकू (tambākū) or Urdu تمباکو, from Persian تنباکو (tanbâku), either from Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [təmˈbakau̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: têm‧ba‧kau

Noun

têmbakau (first-person possessive tembakauku, second-person possessive tembakaumu, third-person possessive tembakaunya)

1. tobacco

Derived terms

• pertembakauan

 

• tembakau deli
• tembakau garangan
• tembakau hidung
• tembakau hutan
• tembakau kepala
• tembakau kerosok
• tembakau lempeng
• tembakau lempengan
• tembakau mole
• tembakau sek
• tembakau singgung
• tembakau sisik
• tembakau sun
• tembakau tampang
• tembakau tengkuk
• tembakau teter

 

Further reading

• “tembakau” 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

Noun

tembakau (Jawi spelling تمباکاو, plural tembakau-tembakau, informal 1st possessive tembakauku, 2nd possessive tembakaumu, 3rd possessive tembakaunya)

1. tobacco

Descendants

• Indonesian: tembakau

Further reading

• “tembakau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.