ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

Javanese

FWOTD – 11 July 2016

Etymology

From Old Javanese jambu (“rose apple tree and fruit”), from Sanskrit ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (jambu), ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦹ (jambū).

Pronunciation

• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈjam.bu/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈjam.buʔ/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈjɔm.bu/
• Hyphenation: ꦗ‧ꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ
• Rhymes: -bu, -u, -buʔ, -uʔ

Noun

ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

1. rose apple tree
   • 1932 January 6, Kajawèn, Balai Pustaka, page 25:

     […] / anadéné kang watara tebih / saka papan pomahan prayoga / tandurana jambu baé / slundhingana wit dhuku / —

     […] / whereas somewhere likely further / from a good housing place / just plant it with rose apple trees / rotate them with duku trees / —

2. rose apple fruit
   • 1939 March 10, Kajawèn, Balai Pustaka, page 40:

     Sukris gelem kèri ana ngomah yèn dicepaki wajik sapiring lan mengko diolèh-olèhi salak, jambu karo gethuk lindri.

     Sukris is willing to be left at home if he's presented with a plate of wajik cake and would be gifted with salak, rose apple fruits and gethuk lindri cakes as souvenirs.

3. (card games) heart
4. homosexual relation
5. pink
   • 1995, K.R.M. Arya Yasadipura, Pangageman Kajawèn Surakarta Tumrap Kakung, page 8:

     Sabuk warni jambu, èpèk warni cemeng èpèk warni biru wungu, nama naréndra tama, watak saha wanci ngagemipun: sabar, menep, siyang, dalu.

     Pink colored belt, violet colored waist band purplish blue colored waist band, called narendra tama, characters and periods they hold: patient, silent, noon, night.

Synonyms

• jambet (honorific)

Derived terms

• jambon
• jambu apokat
• jambu dresana
• jambu galar
• jambu ijem
• jambu karang
• jambu klampok
• jambu kluthuk
• jambu krikil
• jambu lélé
• jambu mété
• jambu pathokal
• jambu sangklat
• jambu wèr
• wit jambu