timburu
Sundanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀəhuʔ (“jealous”). Cognate with Malay cemburu, Tagalog panibugho, Cebuano abubho, Toba Batak iburu, Bima wu'u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tim.bu.ru/, [ti.mu.ru]
- Hyphenation: tim‧bu‧ru
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Adjective
timburu (Sundanese script ᮒᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮛᮥ)
- full of doubt or concern
- full of apprehension (anticipation of something)
- jealous; envy
- suspicious
Verb
timburu (Sundanese script ᮒᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮛᮥ)
- to have a premonition that something bad will happen
- to be worried or anxious about someone
- to doubt
- to be jealous
- to suspect
Further reading
- "TIMBOEROE", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij