kembang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ (kembang)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈbaŋ/
• Hyphenation: kêm‧bang

Noun

kêmbang

1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)

   Synonyms: bunga, puspa

Derived terms

• berkembang-kembang
• mengembang

 

Verb

kêmbang

1. to bloom

   Synonyms: bentang, mekar

Conjugation

Conjugation of kembang (meng-, transitive)
Root	kembang
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	mengembang	terkembang	dikembang	kembang	kembanglah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1	mengembangkan	terkembangkan	dikembangkan	kembangkan	kembangkanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1	memperkembangkan		diperkembangkan	perkembangkan	perkembangkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berkembang
• kembangan
• memperkembangkan
• mengembang
• mengembangkan
• pengembang
• pengembangan
• perkembangan
• terkembang

 

Further reading

• “kembang” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

kembang

1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ (kembang)).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kəmbaŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kəmbaŋ/
• Rhymes: -əmbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Noun

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ, plural kembang-kembang, informal 1st possessive kembangku, 2nd possessive kembangmu, 3rd possessive kembangnya)

1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)

Synonyms

• bunga
• puspa

Verb

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

1. to expand, to blossom out

Adjective

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

1. swollen

Further reading

• “kembang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Romanization

kembang

1. Romanization of ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ