rembes

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay rémbés, from Javanese ꦫꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦱ꧀ (rémbés, “running, watery (eyes)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛmbɛs/
• Rhymes: -bɛs, -ɛs, -s
• Hyphenation: rèm‧bès

Adjective

rèmbès

1. runny, watery (of eye diseases).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ (rembes, “to ooze, to seep; to infiltrate”), from Old Javanese rĕmbĕs (“oozing, seeping, trickling”). Compare with Malay rémbés.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəmˈbəs/
• Rhymes: -bəs, -əs, -s
• Hyphenation: rêm‧bês

Verb

rêmbês

1. to ooze, to seep.
2. to infiltrate.

Derived terms

• dirembesi
• dirembeskan
• merembes
• merembesi
• merembeskan
• perembesan
• rembesan

 

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English reimburse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛmbəs/
• Rhymes: -bəs, -əs, -s
• Hyphenation: rèm‧bês

Noun

rêmbês (first-person possessive rembesku, second-person possessive rembesmu, third-person possessive rembesnya)

1. (colloquial) reimburse.

Further reading

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