rembes

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay rémbés, from Javanese ꦫꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦱ꧀ (rémbés, running, watery (eyes)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛmbɛs/
  • Rhymes: -bɛs, -ɛs, -s
  • Hyphenation: rèm‧bès

Adjective

rèmbès

  1. runny, watery (of eye diseases).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ (rembes, to ooze, to seep; to infiltrate), from Old Javanese rĕmbĕs (oozing, seeping, trickling). Compare with Malay rémbés.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəmˈbəs/
  • Rhymes: -bəs, -əs, -s
  • Hyphenation: rêm‧bês

Verb

rêmbês

  1. to ooze, to seep.
  2. to infiltrate.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English reimburse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛmbəs/
  • Rhymes: -bəs, -əs, -s
  • Hyphenation: rèm‧bês

Noun

rêmbês (first-person possessive rembesku, second-person possessive rembesmu, third-person possessive rembesnya)

  1. (colloquial) reimburse.

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