kembang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ. (compare Sundanese kembang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈbaŋ/
• Hyphenation: kêm‧bang
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

kêmbang (plural kembang-kembang)

1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)

   Synonyms: bunga, puspa

Derived terms

• berkembang-kembang
• mengembang

Verb

kêmbang

1. to bloom

   Synonyms: bentang, mekar

Conjugation

Conjugation of kembang (meng-, transitive)

root	kembang
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mengembang	terkembang	dikembang	kembang	kembanglah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	mengembangkan	terkembangkan	dikembangkan	kembangkan	kembangkanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	memperkembangkan		diperkembangkan	perkembangkan	perkembangkanlah

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berkembang
• kembangan
• memperkembangkan
• mengembang
• mengembangkan
• pengembang
• pengembangan
• perkembangan
• terkembang

Further reading

• “kembang”, 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

kembang

1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese kembang).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /kəmˈbaŋ/ [kəmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -əmbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Noun

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ, plural kembang-kembang or kembang²)

1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)

Synonyms

• bunga
• puspa

Verb

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

1. to expand, to blossom out

Adjective

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ, comparative lebih kembang, superlative paling kembang)

1. swollen

Further reading

• "kembang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ. Cognate with Indonesian kembang, Malay kembang, Javanese kembang.

Noun

kembang (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ)

1. flower