rambut

See also: rámbut

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate to Malay rambut, Sundanese ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ (rambut).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ram.but/
• (Kedayan) IPA^(key): /am.but/

Noun

rambut

1. (anatomy) hair (a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head)

Derived terms

• berambut
• rambutan
• rambut sama itam, ati lain-lain

See also

• bulu

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Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

rambut (first-person possessive rambutku, second-person possessive rambutmu, third-person possessive rambutnya)

1. hair

colloquial: thread, filament, mane, body hair

References

• Gerhardus Jan Grashuis: 1898. De Javaansche tolk: Hollandsch-Javaansche woordenlijst Sythoff, Nederlands: 1898.
• Willem Lodewycksz, V. D. Roeper, Diederick Wildeman Om de Zuid: de eerste schipvaart naar Oost-Indië onder Cornelis de Houtman, 1595-1597. SUN, 1997. →ISBN
• Johann Friedrich Carl Gericke, Taco Roorda, Albert Cornelis Vreede. Javaansch-Nederduitsch handwoordenboek. Johannes Müller, 1886. 1136 pages.
• Taco Roorda: 1893: Beknopte Javaansche grammatica: enevens een leesboek tot oefening in de Javaansche Taal. Tjeenk Willink, Nederlands 1893. 342 pages.
• Gerhardus Jan Grashuis: 1898. De Malay Tolk der Batavia: Hollandsch-Bataviansche Malay woordenlijst Sythoff, Nederlands: 1898.
• Lembaga Kebudajaan Indonesia. Reprint of Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Realia, register op de Generale resolutiën van het kasteel Batavia. 1632-1805, . G. Kolff, Nederlands: 1885
• Naumann Serapeum. 1866: Zeitschrift für Bibliothekwissenschaft, Handschriftenkunde und ältere Literatur, Volume 27. TO Wiegel Nederlands, 1866.

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦫꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦠ꧀
• Roman: ramboet

Noun

rambut (krama-ngoko rambut, krama inggil réma)

1. (of human head) hair

   Hypernym: wulu

References

• "rambut" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

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Malay

Alternative forms

• (Jawi) رامبوت‎
• (Jawi, obsolete) رمبت‎ - pre-1986
• (Jawi, obsolete) رمبوت‎ - pre-1986

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *rambut (compare Indonesian rambut).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [rambot, -o̞t, -ʊt]
• Rhymes: -ambut, -but, -ut
• Hyphenation: ram‧but

Noun

rambut (Jawi spelling رامبوت‎, plural rambut-rambut, informal 1st possessive rambutku, impolite 2nd possessive rambutmu, 3rd possessive rambutnya)

1. (anatomy) hair (a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head)
   • 1922, A.H. Hill ed., Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Straits Branch, page 4,

     Maka ujar Mĕrah Gajah kapada tuan putĕri itu, "Wah adinda, mari hamba bantunkan rambut tuan putĕri sa'hĕlai itu."

     Merah Gajah said to the princess, "My beloved, let me pluck that single stray hair of yours."

   • 1990, Hashim Awang, Othman Puteh, Cahaya Langit, Penerbitan Budiman, →ISBN, page 27,

     Hujung bulan itu, dia menggunting lagi rambut budak-budak dalam kampung dan dua hari kemudiannya, saya lihat dia telah mengemaskan begnya.

     At the end of the month, he once again cut the hair of the kids in the village and two days later, I saw that he had packed his bags.

   • 2006, Ida Rizyani Tahir, Jalan Jauh ke Kampus, PTS Fortuna, →ISBN, page 162,

     Farid mengusap rambut ayahnya.

     Farid stroked his father's hair.

Derived terms

• berambut
• rambutan
• rambut sama hitam, hati lain-lain

See also

• bulu
• bulu roma

References

• "rambut" in Kamus Dewan, Third Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 1996.

• "rambut" in A Dictionary of the Malayan Language, in Two Parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan, William Marsden, Cox and Baylis, 1812, page 148.
• "rambut" in A Malay-English Dictionary, Richard James Wilkinson, Kelly & Walsh Limited, 1901-1903, page 335.
• “rambut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Anagrams

• tambur

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Sundanese

Romanization

rambut

1. Romanization of ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪