kumpul kebo

Indonesian

Etymology

From koempoel gebouw, earlier spelling of compound kumpul + Dutch gebouw (“building”). The latter element then phono-semantically altered, based on Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo, “water buffalo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumpul kəbo/

Noun

kumpul kebo

1. (colloquial) cohabitation

   Synonym: kohabitasi

References

• “kumpul kebo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.