tumbung
Malay
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuŋ (“seed bud in a coconut”)
Noun
tumbung (Jawi spelling تومبوڠ, plural tumbung-tumbung, informal 1st possessive tumbungku, 2nd possessive tumbungmu, 3rd possessive tumbungnya)
- lump, protrusion, prolapse
- Ellipsis of tumbung kelapa (“coconut apple or coconut heart, spongy cotyledon inside a sprouting coconut”).
- Ellipsis of sakit tumbung (“hemorrhoids”).
- Synonyms: bawasir, buasir
Compounds
- tumbung kelapa
- tumbung nyiur
- tumbung rahim
- sakit tumbung
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تمبڠ toemboeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 84
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تمبڠ tombong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 181
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tombong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 599
Further reading
- “tumbung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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