tambun

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Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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tambun (Jawi spelling تمبون)

  1. fat
    Synonyms: berisi, debab, gemuk
    budak tambunfat kid
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Minangkabau tambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabun.[1]

Noun

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tambun (Jawi spelling تمبون, plural tambun-tambun, informal 1st possessive tambunku, 2nd possessive tambunmu, 3rd possessive tambunnya)

  1. heap, pile
    Synonyms: timbun, longgok, tindih
    tambun emaspile of gold
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References

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  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tabun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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