timbul

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtimbul/ [ˈt̪im.bʊl]
  • Rhymes: -imbul
  • Syllabification: tim‧bul

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay تيمبول (timbul), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbul. Compare Tagalog timbol.

Verb

timbul

  1. to emerge
  2. to (float to the) surface
  3. to come, to spring up
  4. to appear,
  5. to rise,
  6. to arise,
  7. to occur,
  8. to break out,
  9. to go through
Derived terms
  • ditimbul
  • ditimbulkan
  • menimbul
  • menimbulkan
  • penimbulan
  • timbulan
  • timbul bercak
  • timbul tenggelam
  • timbulan sampah

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese timbul (invulnerable).

Noun

timbul (plural timbul-timbul)

  1. invulnerability spells or incantations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Balinese ᬢᬶᬫ᭄ᬩᬸᬮ᭄ (timbul).

Noun

timbul (plural timbul-timbul)

  1. (botany) breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, syn. Artocarpus communis)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbul. Compare Tagalog timbol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /timbul/
  • Rhymes: -bul, -ul
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈt̪im.bʊl, -bol, -bo̞l]

Verb

timbul (Jawi spelling تيمبول)

  1. to float
  2. to rise to the surface
  3. to emerge or appear from below

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: timbul

Further reading