timbun

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ (timbun, “to pile”), from Old Javanese timbun (“heaped up, piled up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmbʊn/
• Rhymes: -bʊn, -ʊn, -n
• Hyphenation: tim‧bun

Noun

timbun (plural timbun-timbun)

1. pile, heap.

   Synonyms: longgok, tumpukan

   Synonym: sorokan (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bertimbun
• bertimbun-timbun
• ditimbun
• ditimbun-timbun
• ditimbuni
• ditimbunkan
• menimbun
• menimbun-nimbun
• menimbuni
• menimbunkan
• penimbun
• penimbunan
• tertimbun
• timbunan

Further reading

• “timbun” 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.