kebon
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay kebun. In the sense “gardener” a shortening from tukang kebun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈbɔn/
- Hyphenation: ke‧bon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
kebon m (plural kebons)
- (historical, Dutch East Indies, Netherlands) a garden in the Dutch East Indies
- Synonyms: gaarde, tuin
- (historical, Dutch East Indies, Netherlands) a native Indonesian gardener in the service of colonial Europeans