kobok

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkobok/ [ˈko.bɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -obok
• Syllabification: ko‧bok

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kobok (“clump; cluster”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kobok (plural kobok-kobok)

1. group

   Synonyms: golongan, kelompok, puak

2. party

   Synonym: partai

Derived terms

• berkobok-kobok

• kobok kanan
• kobok kiri

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Betawi [Term?], from Javanese ꦏꦺꦴꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (kobok, “to put the hands or feet in a container of water and splash them”).

Root

kobok

1. to put the hands or feet in a container of water and splash them

Alternative forms

• obok

Derived terms

• berkobok
• kobokan
• mengobok
• terkobok

Further reading

• “kobok”, 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