lembu

See also: lĕmbu

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lembu, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lnboʔ (“ox”). Cognate of Javanese ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (lembu), Old Javanese lĕmbu, lambu, lamwu (“cow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ləmˈbu]
  • Hyphenation: lêm‧bu

Noun

lembu (plural lembu-lembu, first-person possessive lembuku, second-person possessive lembumu, third-person possessive lembunya)

  1. cow
    Synonym: sapi
  2. ox
    Synonym: banteng

Compounds
  • lembu dogol
  • lembu dongkol
  • lembu hutan
  • lembu kasi
  • lembu laut
  • lembu perahan
  • lembu Suana

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lembu

  1. Romanization of ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

Malay

Etymology

Related to Acehnese leumo, Western Cham lemou and Jarai rơmo (all three from Proto-Chamic *lamo[1]), likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lnboʔ (“ox”)[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ləmbu/
  • Rhymes: -əmbu, -bu, -u
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Noun

lembu (Jawi spelling لمبو, plural lembu-lembu, informal 1st possessive lembuku, 2nd possessive lembumu, 3rd possessive lembunya)

  1. cattle (domesticated bovine animals)
    Berat badan lembu boleh mencapai 700 kilogram.
    A cow can weigh as much as 700 kilograms.

Descendants
  • Indonesian: lembu

References
  1. Turgood, Graham (1999) Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 136, 340-1
  2. H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 97

Further reading
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “لمبو lĕmboe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 119
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لمبو lĕmbu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 608-9
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “lĕmbu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 41-2
  • “lembu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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