kumbang

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian [Term?] *-bəŋ (compare Malay kumbang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kum.baŋ/

Noun

kumbang

1. beetle (insect)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kumbang, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian *-bəŋ.

Noun

kumbang (first-person possessive kumbangku, second-person possessive kumbangmu, third-person possessive kumbangnya)

1. beetle (insect)

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Javanese

Romanization

kumbang

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian *-bəŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumbaŋ/
• Rhymes: -umbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Noun

kumbang (Jawi spelling کومبڠ, plural kumbang-kumbang, informal 1st possessive kumbangku, 2nd possessive kumbangmu, 3rd possessive kumbangnya)

1. beetle (insect)

Further reading

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