bumbung

Inherited from Malay bumbung.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbum.buŋ/, [ˈbum.bʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: bum‧bung

bumbung (plural bumbung-bumbung)

1. bamboo tube
2. (archaic) vessel

• “bumbung” 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.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbumboŋ/ [ˈbum.boŋ]
  • Rhymes: -umboŋ, -boŋ, -oŋ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈbumbuŋ/ [ˈbum.buŋ]
  • Rhymes: -umbuŋ, -buŋ, -uŋ
• Hyphenation: bum‧bung

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubuŋ (“ridge of a roof”). Compare Tagalog bubóng (“roof”).

bumbung (Jawi spelling بومبوڠ, plural bumbung-bumbung)

1. roof (the cover at the top of a building)

   Synonym: atap

   Hyponym: rosan

   Meronyms: perabung, rabung

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bumbung (Jawi spelling بومبوڠ, plural bumbung-bumbung)

1. bamboo tube; vessel

• > Indonesian: bumbung (inherited)

• “bumbung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.