lembu

See also: lĕmbu

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lembu, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lnboʔ (ox). Cognate of Javanese ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (lembu), Old Javanese lĕmbu, lambu, lamwu (cow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ləmˈbu]
  • Hyphenation: lêm‧bu

Noun

lembu (plural lembu-lembu)

  1. cow
    Synonym: sapi
  2. ox
    Synonym: banteng

Compounds

  • lembu dogol
  • lembu dongkol
  • lembu hutan
  • lembu kasi
  • lembu laut
  • lembu perahan
  • lembu Suana

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lembu

  1. romanization of ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

Malay

Etymology

Related to Acehnese leumo, Western Cham lemou and Jarai rơmo (all three from Proto-Chamic *lamo[1]), likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lnboʔ (ox)[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ləmˈbu/ [ləmˈbu]
  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -bu, -u
  • Hyphenation: lem‧bu

Noun

lembu (Jawi spelling لمبو, plural lembu-lembu)

  1. cattle (domesticated bovine animals)
    Saya mempunyai tiga ekor lembu. (formal)I have three cattle.
    Aku ada tiga ekor lembu. (informal)I have three cattle.
    Berat badan lembu boleh mencapai 700 kilogram.
    A cow can weigh as much as 700 kilograms.

Derived terms

Affixations
  • memperlembu

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: lembu (inherited)
  • Malagasy: lambo
  • Semai: lembuuq

References

  1. ^ Turgood, Graham (1999), Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 136, 340-1
  2. ^ H. L. Shorto (2006), A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 97

Further reading

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “لمبو lĕmboe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 119
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “لمبو lĕmbu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 608-9
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “lĕmbu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 41-2
  • lembu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.