tembang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese tembang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təmˈbaŋ/ [t̪əmˈbaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: tem‧bang

Noun

têmbang (plural tembang-tembang)

  1. song
    Synonyms: gita, lagu, nyanyian
  2. poetry
    Synonym: puisi
  3. (music) single
    Synonym: singel

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

tembang

  1. song

Kambera

Verb

tembang

  1. (intransitive) to be stupid

References

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Sundanese

Noun

tembang (Sundanese script ᮒᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ)

  1. song