tembang

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tembang (Java), from Javanese tembang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təmˈbaŋ/ [t̪əmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: tem‧bang

Noun

têmbang (plural tembang-tembang)

1. song

   Synonyms: gita, lagu, nyanyian

2. poetry

   Synonym: puisi

3. (music) single

   Synonym: singel

Hyponyms

• tembang cigawiran
• tembang cilik
• tembang dolanan
• tembang gede
• tembang kawi
• tembang macapat
• tembang mistik
• tembang tengahan

Derived terms

• menembang
• menembangkan
• penembang
• penembangan
• tembangan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay tembang (Batavia Malay).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təmˈbaŋ/ [t̪əmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: tem‧bang

Noun

têmbang (plural tembang-tembang)

1. (zoology) Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

   Synonym: tamban

Further reading

• “tembang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Noun

tembang

1. song

Kambera

Verb

tembang

1. (intransitive) to be stupid

References

• Marian Klamer (1998), A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Sundanese

Noun

tembang (Sundanese script ᮒᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ)

1. song