kembang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ (kembang)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəmˈbaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: kêm‧bang

Noun

kêmbang (first-person possessive kembangku, second-person possessive kembangmu, third-person possessive kembangnya)

  1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
    Synonyms: bunga, puspa

Derived terms

  • berkembang-kembang
  • mengembang

Verb

kêmbang

  1. to bloom
    Synonyms: bentang, mekar

Conjugation

Conjugation of kembang (meng-, transitive)
Root kembang
Active Involuntary /
Perfective
Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active mengembang terkembang dikembang kembang kembanglah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mengembangkan terkembangkan dikembangkan kembangkan kembangkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 memperkembangkan diperkembangkan perkembangkan perkembangkanlah
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

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kembang

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ (compare Sundanese ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ (kembang)).

Pronunciation

Noun

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ, plural kembang-kembang, informal 1st possessive kembangku, 2nd possessive kembangmu, 3rd possessive kembangnya)

  1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)

Synonyms

Verb

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

  1. to expand, to blossom out

Adjective

kembang (Jawi spelling کمبڠ)

  1. swollen

Further reading

Sundanese

Romanization

kembang

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ
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