tebus
Kavalan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.
Noun
tebus
- sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbus. Compare Tagalog tubos and Toba Batak tobus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə.bus/
- Rhymes: -bus, -us
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [t̪ə.ˈbʊs, -bos, -bo̞s]
Verb
tebus (Jawi spelling تبوس)
- to redeem or ransom
- 2022 January 4, “Lebih 280,000 surat dihantar ke isi rumah agar tebus baucar pengangkutan awam $30”, in Berita Harian Singapura:
- Lebih 280,000 surat telah dihantar kepada isi rumah di Singapura bagi memaklumkan mereka agar menebus baucar pengangkutan awam $30 yang boleh digunakan untuk menokok kad tambang atau membeli pas konsesi bulanan. Semua baucar mesti ditebus menjelang 31 Mac 2023.
- Over 280,000 letters have been sent to households in Singapore informing them to redeem $30 public transport vouchers that can be used to top up fare cards or to purchase monthly concession passes. All vouchers must be redeemed by March 31, 2023.
- 2022 April 20, Afifi Hafiz Mohd Nor, “Infak barangan kitar semula, bantu rumah kebajikan tebus wang tunai”, in Utusan Malaysia:
- Katanya, rumah kebajikan berkenaan pula akan mendapatkan mata ganjaran yang boleh ditebus dengan wang tunai mengikut barang-barang yang diserahkan tersebut.
- He said, the welfare home will get reward points that can be redeemed with cash according to the items handed over.
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Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penebus [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penebusan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- tebusan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- menebus [agent focus] (meN-)
- ditebus [patient focus] (di-)
- tertebus [agentless action] (teR-)
- bertebus [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tebus
Further reading
- “tebus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sakizaya
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.
Noun
tebus
- sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)