semangka

Iban

Alternative forms

  • semengka

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.maŋ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ka
  • Hyphenation: se‧mang‧ka

Noun

semangka

  1. watermelon (fruit)
    Usun makai semangka.
    Usun eats watermelon.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay semangka, from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦔ꧀ꦏ (semangka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.maŋ.ka/
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mang‧ka

Noun

sêmangka (first-person possessive semangkaku, second-person possessive semangkamu, third-person possessive semangkanya)

  1. watermelon;
    Synonyms: tembikai, mendikai
    1. A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
    2. The fruit of the watermelon plant.
  2. (figurative) woman breast(s)

Synonyms

Javanese

Romanization

semangka

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦩꦔ꧀ꦏ.

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦔ꧀ꦏ (semangka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.maŋ.ka/

Noun

semangka (Jawi spelling سمڠک, plural semangka-semangka, informal 1st possessive semangkaku, 2nd possessive semangkamu, 3rd possessive semangkanya)

  1. watermelon (fruit, particularly in Johor, Singapore and Riau)
    Synonyms: tembikai, mendikai, timun Cina

Descendants

  • Indonesian: semangka
  • Ternate: samaka

Further reading

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