kembung

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəmˈbuŋ/ [kəmˈbuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: kem‧bung

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kembung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbuŋ (“swollen, filled out”).

Adjective

kêmbung (comparative lebih kembung, superlative paling kembung)

1. bloated
2. (pathology) abdominal distension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese kembung (“mackerel”).

Noun

kêmbung (plural kembung-kembung)

1. Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)

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

Further reading

• “kembung”, 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

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /kəmˈbuŋ/ [kəmˈbuŋ]
  • Rhymes: -buŋ, -uŋ
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /kəmˈboŋ/ [kəmˈboŋ]
  • Rhymes: -boŋ, -oŋ
• Hyphenation: kem‧bung

Adjective

kembung (Jawi spelling کمبوڠ, comparative lebih kembung, superlative paling kembung)

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

   Synonyms: gembung, lembung

   Perut kembung ― Bloated belly

Derived terms

Affixations

• dikembungkan
• kekembungan
• kelembung
• kembungkan
• mengembung
• mengembungkan
• terkembung

Compounds

• ikan kembung
• kembung padi

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kembung (inherited)

Further reading

• "kembung" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *kembuŋ