tubuh

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay tubuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq (grow, germinate, sprout), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (plant sprout). Doublet of tumbuh (to grow).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtubuh/ [ˈt̪u.bʊh]
  • Rhymes: -ubuh
  • Syllabification: tu‧buh

Noun

tubuh (plural tubuh-tubuh)

  1. (anatomy) body (physical structure of a human or animal)
    Synonym: badan
  2. (anatomy) body, torso (the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail)
    Synonyms: batang tubuh, batang badan
  3. body (the largest or most important part of anything)
    Synonym: badan
  4. body (an organisation, company or other authoritative group)
    Synonym: badan

Derived terms

  • tubuh terubahkan

Further reading

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tubuh (body), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq (grow, germinate, sprout), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (plant sprout). Doublet of tumbuh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tubuh/
  • Rhymes: -ubuh, -uh
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [tubʊh, -oh, o̞h]
  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)

Noun

tubuh (Jawi spelling توبوه, plural tubuh-tubuh)

  1. (anatomy) body (physical structure of a human or animal)
    Synonym: badan
  2. (archaic) self
    Synonym: diri
  3. main component or part of something
    tubuh kapalhull

Adjective

tubuh (Jawi spelling توبوه)

  1. main, constituent
    Synonyms: asas, dasar
    undang-undang tubuhconstitution

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tubuh

References

  • Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992) Proto Malayic: the reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[1], Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 131
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “توبه toeboeh”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 90
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “توبه tuboh”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 196
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tuboh”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 606
  • "tubuh" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

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