balumba

Indonesian

Etymology

From Banjarese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlʊmba/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lum‧ba

Verb

balumba

1. (dialect) to play in the water for a long time.

Further reading

• “balumba” 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.

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlumba/ [baˈlũm.ba]
• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: ba‧lum‧ba

Noun

balumba f (plural balumbas)

1. mess
2. pile; head
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Parecía despacho más que otra cosa la tal pieza, por la regular balumba de libros y papeles que en diversos lugares de ella había

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Further reading

• “balumba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10