kembung

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kəmˈbʊŋ]
Hyphenation: kêm‧bung

Etymology 1

From Malay kembung.

Adjective

kembung

Etymology 2

From Malay kembung.

Noun

kembung (first-person possessive kembungku, second-person possessive kembungmu, third-person possessive kembungnya)

Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta).
Synonyms: banjar, kembung jantan, kembung laki, kembung lelaki, solisi

Further reading

“kembung” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kembuŋ (“swollen, filled out”). Cognate with Javanese kembung and Sasak kembung.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəmbuŋ/
Rhymes: -əmbuŋ, -buŋ, -uŋ

Adjective

kembung (Jawi spelling کمبوڠ)

inflated, bloated; seeming big due to being filled up with air
Synonyms: gembung, lembung

Perut kembung ― Bloated belly

Derived terms

dikembungkan
ikan kembung
kekembungan
kelembung
kembung padi
kembungkan
mengembung
mengembungkan
terkembung

Descendants

Indonesian: kembung

Further reading

“kembung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *kembuŋ

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