rembes

Inherited from Malay rémbés, from Javanese ꦫꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦱ꧀ (rémbés, “running, watery (eyes)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛmbɛs/
• Rhymes: -bɛs, -ɛs, -s
• Hyphenation: rèm‧bès

rèmbès (comparative lebih rembes, superlative paling rembes)

1. runny, watery (of eye diseases)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ (rembes, “to ooze, to seep; to infiltrate”), from Old Javanese rĕmbĕs (“oozing, seeping, trickling”). Compare with Malay rémbés.

• IPA^(key): /rəmˈbəs/
• Rhymes: -bəs, -əs, -s
• Hyphenation: rêm‧bês

rêmbês

1. to ooze, to seep
2. to infiltrate

Borrowed from English reimburse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛmbəs/
• Rhymes: -bəs, -əs, -s
• Hyphenation: rèm‧bês

rêmbês (plural rembes-rembes)

1. (colloquial) reimburse

   Synonym: ganti biaya, bayaran balik (Standard Malay)

• “rembes” 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.