kumbah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah, umbah. Cognate of Sundanese ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ (kumbah).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʊmbah]
- Hyphenation: kum‧bah
Verb
kumbah
- (dialect) to wash
- Synonyms: basuh, cuci
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kumbah (meng-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | kumbah | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | mengumbah | – | dikumbah | kumbah | kumbahlah |
| Locative | – | – | – | kumbahi | kumbahilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mengumbahkan | – | dikumbahkan | kumbahkan | kumbahkanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Derived terms
- mengumbah
Further reading
- “kumbah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Old Javanese
Verb
kumbah
- to wash (clothes)
Sundanese
Romanization
kumbah
- Romanization of ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮂ