umbul

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊm.bʊl/
• Rhymes: -bʊl
• Hyphenation: um‧bul

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭ꧀ (umbul, “spring, flag, pennant”), from Old Javanese umbul.

Noun

umbul (plural umbul-umbul, first-person possessive umbulku, second-person possessive umbulmu, third-person possessive umbulnya)

1. flag, pennant
2. scarecrow
3. spring

Derived terms

• umbul air

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Adjective

umbul

1. fertile

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?]

Noun

umbul (first-person possessive umbulku, second-person possessive umbulmu, third-person possessive umbulnya)

1. a small village of 1-3 houses

Further reading

• “umbul” 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

umbul

1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /um.bul/
• Rhymes: -bul
• Hyphenation: um‧bul

Noun

umbul

1. spring

Derived terms

• aṅumbulakĕn
• kombul
• mumbul

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭ꧀ (umbul)
  • Indonesian: umbul

Further reading

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

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from English number. Compare Malay nombor, Brunei Malay numbur, Indonesian nomor.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔumbul/ [ʔʊmˈbul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: um‧bul

Noun

umbul (Sulat Sūg spelling اُمْبُلْ)

1. number

   Synonym: nummul (Indonesia)

Derived terms

• iyumbul
• iyumbulan
• mag'umbul
• umbula
• umbulan
• umbuli
• umbulsatu