kembang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese kembang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəmˈbaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: kêm‧bang
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

kêmbang (plural kembang-kembang)

  1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
    Synonyms: bunga, puspa

Derived terms

  • berkembang-kembang
  • mengembang

Verb

kêmbang

  1. to bloom
    Synonyms: bentang, mekar

Conjugation

Conjugation of kembang (meng-, transitive)
root kembang
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengembang terkembang dikembang kembang kembanglah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mengembangkan terkembangkan dikembangkan kembangkan kembangkanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 memperkembangkan diperkembangkan perkembangkan perkembangkanlah

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kembang

  1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese kembang).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kəmbaŋ/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kəmbaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -əmbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Noun

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ, plural kembang-kembang)

  1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)

Synonyms

Verb

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

  1. to expand, to blossom out

Adjective

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

  1. swollen

Further reading

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ Cognate with Indonesian kembang, Malay kembang, Javanese kembang.

Noun

kembang (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ)

  1. flower