kulub

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulub (“to slow cook in a tightly covered vessel”). Compare Javanese ꦔꦸꦭꦸꦧ꧀ (ngulub) , Sasak kulup (“to cook by boiling”), Tagalog kulob (“tightly-covered, stuffy”).

Adjective

kulub (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮜᮥᮘ᮪)

1. boiled (of food)

   kulub suuk

   boiled peanuts

Verb

kulub (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮜᮥᮘ᮪)

1. to boiled

Derived terms

• dikulub
• kukuluban
• ngulub
• panguluban

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia