jambu

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English

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Noun

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jambu (plural jambus)

  1. Alternative form of jambul

Etymology 2

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Semantic extension from Malay jambu, which originated from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, a fruit or a blood pear).

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Adjective

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jambu (comparative more jambu, superlative most jambu)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, informal) Cute, adorable or beautiful.
    • 2000 2 December, m0bius, soc.culture.singapore
      You discover that she has SISTERS, who are also very jambu.
    • 2007 August 27, http://her-whimsical-escapade.blogspot.sg:
      She has this healthy glow, almost like she's golden skinned, but oh so jambu lah!
    • 2008 26 July, CR[7], Singapore Bikes Forum
      got this mat saleh soooo jambu.
    • 2011 April 9, Salmah, DACE Oct 2010:
      Add me pls . There are only 5 Salmah Samions ! The most jambu looking profile is me lah !
    • 2014 October 16, https://web.archive.org/web/20160910012100/https://faithinloveandyou.wordpress.com/:
      I also wanna look jambu also what on that 2-day event.
    • 2014 December 6, theatelierweddings, Instagram:
      My very jambu Shahida for her engagement today. I have a thing for braces girls.
    • 2015 August 1, figo16, Singapore Hardware Zone Forum:
      don't sabo that minah jambu lah.
    • 2015 December 21, Farhan, All Singapore Stuff:
      A reader has shared with us a Facebook post by jambu ICA officer Adilla Ramli. She gives her view on the recent ICA jams.
Usage notes
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Used to describe women. Does not have any sexual innuendo. Commonly found in speech and electronic media. Uncommon in newspapers and print materials.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay jambu, from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, rose apple). Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (jambu), Chinese 染霧染雾.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒam.bu]
  • Hyphenation: jam‧bu

Noun

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jambu (first-person possessive jambuku, second-person possessive jambumu, third-person possessive jambunya)

  1. rose apple.

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Javanese

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Romanization

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jambu

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

Lithuanian

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Noun

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jámbu

  1. instrumental singular of jámbas (iamb)

Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, rose apple) via Old Javanese. Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (jambu), Chinese 染霧染雾.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒam.bu]
  • Hyphenation: jam‧bu

Noun

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jambu (Jawi spelling جمبو, plural jambu-jambu, informal 1st possessive jambuku, 2nd possessive jambumu, 3rd possessive jambunya)

  1. Generic term for any plant bearing pear-like or bulging fruit from the Myrtaceae family, especially in the Syzygium genus or otherwise.
  2. wax apple or rose apple (Sygyzium samarangense)
    Synonyms: jambu air mawar, jambu mawar
  3. Malay apple (Sygyzium malaccense).
    Synonyms: jambu bol, jambu bubul, jambu dersana, jambu keling, jambu tersana

Compounds

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Adjective

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jambu

  1. (colloquial, informal) cute, adorable or beautiful.

References

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  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 83
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جمبو djamboe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 103
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جمبو jambu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “jambu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 441

Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu), जम्बू (jambū).

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jambu

  1. rose apple tree and its fruit
    • Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, 145.5:
      Hana ta jambu si Sudarśana ṅaranya, tumuwuh karnah kidul.

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

Noun

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jambu f

  1. the rose apple tree

Declension

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Noun

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jambu

  1. vocative singular of jambū, alternative form of the word above

Noun

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jambu n

  1. rose apple (the fruit)

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjam.bu/
  • Rhymes: -ambu
  • Syllabification: jam‧bu

Noun

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jambu

  1. genitive singular of jamb

Portuguese

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Borrowed from Old Tupi yã'bu.

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jambu m (plural jambus)

  1. (Brazil) paracress (Acmella oleracea)
    • 2024 August 8, Venceslau Borlina Filho, “3 dias em Belém: veja roteiro para desbravar a capital do Pará, sede da COP30”, in Folha de S.Paulo[1]:
      Não deixe de comer um filé de filhote, peixe típico amazônico. Também são servidos pirarucu, dourada e pescada, entre outros. Quase tudo com jambu e tucupi.
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Further reading

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Yakan

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Noun

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jambu

  1. tassel
  2. fringe