tĕbu

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh.

Noun

tĕbu

1. sugar cane

   Synonyms: ikṣu, rosan

Derived terms

• air tĕbu

• tĕbu cintamani

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦧꦸ (tebu) (inherited)

Further reading

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