tebang

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tə.ˈbaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -baŋ
  • Hyphenation: tê‧bang
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tebang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebaŋ (to fell trees).

Verb

têbang

  1. to cut, to chop, to fell
Derived terms
  • ditebang
  • ditebangi
  • menebang
  • menebangi
  • penebang
  • penebangan
  • tebangan
  • tertebang
  • tebang habis
  • tebang musnah
  • tebang penaung
  • tebang pilih
  • tebang rawang
  • tebang rawat

Etymology 2

Root

têbang

  1. ellipsis of burung tebang

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebaŋ (to fell trees).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təbaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -əbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Verb

tebang (Jawi spelling تبڠ)

  1. to fell; to cut down (of trees)
    Tebang pokokTo fell a tree

Derived terms

  • bertebang
  • ditebang
  • menebang
  • penebang
  • penebangan
  • tebangan

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tebang

Further reading