tabung

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtabʊŋ]

Noun

tabung

1. container (used to fill any liquid)
2. thermos

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tabung, probably from Semelai tabong (“container”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ ]b[oo]ŋ (“feeding-trough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtabʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bung

Noun

tabung (plural tabung-tabung, first-person possessive tabungku, second-person possessive tabungmu, third-person possessive tabungnya)

1. tube: anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
2. cylinder:
   1. (geometry) a surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve; a solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.

      Synonym: silinder

   2. any object in the form of a circular cylinder.

      Synonym: silinder

      tabung gas ― gas cylinder

3. (probably dated) bamboo section.

   Synonym: bumbung

4. (dated or archaic) box (mailbox, etc)

   Synonym: bis

5. (obsolete) piggy bank, traditionally made from bamboo

   Synonyms: celengan, tabungan

Derived terms

• ditabung
• ditabungkan
• menabung
• menabungkan
• penabung
• penabungan
• tabungan

 

Further reading

• “tabung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧bung
• Rhymes: -uŋ

Noun

tabung (informal 1st possessive tabungku, 2nd possessive tabungmu, 3rd possessive tabungnya) (jawi translation تابوڠ)

1. piggy bank

Derived terms

• menabung