kumbah

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah. Cognate of Sundanese kumbah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkumbah/ [ˈkum.bah]
• Rhymes: -umbah
• Syllabification: kum‧bah

Verb

kumbah

1. (dialectal) to wash

   Synonyms: basuh, cuci

Conjugation

Conjugation of kumbah (meng-, intransitive)

root	kumbah
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	mengumbah	terkumbah	dikumbah	kumbah	kumbahlah
locative	mengumbahi	terkumbahi	dikumbahi	kumbahi	kumbahilah
causative / applicative1	mengumbahkan	terkumbahkan	dikumbahkan	kumbahkan	kumbahkanlah
	causative
active	memperkumbah	terperkumbah	diperkumbah	perkumbah	perkumbahlah
locative	memperkumbahi	terperkumbahi	diperkumbahi	perkumbahi	perkumbahilah
causative / applicative1	memperkumbahkan	terperkumbahkan	diperkumbahkan	perkumbahkan	perkumbahkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• mengumbah

Further reading

• “kumbah” 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

kumbah

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed umbah +‎ ka-.

Verb

kumbah

1. to wash (clothes)

Derived terms

• aṅumbah
• kakumbah
• kinumbah

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: kumbah
  • → Malay: کومبه (kumbah)

Further reading

• "kumbah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	wasuh
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	kumbah
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah.

Verb

kumbah (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ)

1. to wash

Derived terms

• kukumbah
• ngumbah
• ngumbah dampal suku ibu

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