bumbu

Gullah

Alternative forms

• 'bumbu

Etymology

From Mende (Sierra Leone) mbumbu ("to take up, lift").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum.bu/

Verb

bumbu

1. pick up
2. carry (in hand)

References

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bumbu, from Javanese ꦧꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (bumbu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbumbu/ [ˈbum.bu]
• Rhymes: -umbu
• Syllabification: bum‧bu

Noun

bumbu (plural bumbu-bumbu)

1. seasoning
2. (uncommon) spice

   Synonyms: rencah, rempah

Derived terms

• berbumbu
• dibumbui
• membumbui
• pembumbuan

• bumbu bali
• bumbu cobek
• bumbu dapur
• bumbu dasar
• bumbu halus
• bumbu hitam
• bumbu ikat
• bumbu instan
• bumbu jangkep
• bumbu kacang
• bumbu pelengkap
• bumbu pertarungan
• bumbu rahasia
• bumbu rica
• bumbu rujak

Further reading

• “bumbu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

bumbu

1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

Latvian

Noun

bumbu f

1. inflection of bumba:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural