ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦺꦴ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦠꦼꦩꦧꦏꦺꦴ
• Roman: têmbako (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تنباکو (tanbâku), from Portuguese tabaco.

Noun

ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦺꦴ (tembako)

1. (ngoko) tobacco

   Synonym: (krama) ꦱꦠ (sata)

Descendants

• → Peranakan Indonesian: tembako

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “tembako”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

• "tembako" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974