tebang

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.ˈbaŋ/
• Rhymes: -baŋ
• Hyphenation: tê‧bang
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tebang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebaŋ (“to fell trees”).

Verb

têbang

1. to cut, to chop, to fell.

Derived terms

• ditebang
• ditebangi
• menebang
• menebangi
• penebang
• penebangan
• tebangan
• tertebang

• tebang habis
• tebang musnah
• tebang penaung
• tebang pilih
• tebang rawang
• tebang rawat

Etymology 2

Root

têbang

1. ellipsis of burung tebang.

Further reading

• “tebang” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebaŋ (“to fell trees”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təbaŋ/
• Rhymes: -əbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Verb

tebang (Jawi spelling تبڠ)

1. to fell; to cut down (of trees)

   Tebang pokok ― To fell a tree

Derived terms

• bertebang
• ditebang
• menebang
• penebang
• penebangan
• tebangan

Descendants

• Indonesian: tebang

Further reading

• “tebang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *tebaŋ