kembung

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəmˈbʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: kêm‧bung

Etymology 1

From Malay kembung.

Adjective

kembung

1. bloated
2. (pathology) abdominal distension

Etymology 2

From Malay kembung.

Noun

kembung (first-person possessive kembungku, second-person possessive kembungmu, third-person possessive kembungnya)

1. Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta).

   Synonyms: banjar, kembung jantan, kembung laki, kembung lelaki, solisi

Further reading

• “kembung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kembuŋ (“swollen, filled out”). Cognate with Javanese kembung and Sasak kembung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmbuŋ/
• Rhymes: -əmbuŋ, -buŋ, -uŋ

Adjective

kembung (Jawi spelling کمبوڠ)

1. inflated, bloated; seeming big due to being filled up with air

   Synonyms: gembung, lembung

   Perut kembung ― Bloated belly

Derived terms

• dikembungkan
• ikan kembung
• kekembungan
• kelembung
• kembung padi
• kembungkan
• mengembung
• mengembungkan
• terkembung

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: kembung

Further reading

• “kembung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *kembuŋ