lumba-lumba

See also: lumbalumba

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lumba-lumba, reduplication of lumba (race; running competition) (Indonesian lomba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumbəq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊm.ba ˈlʊm.ba/

Noun

lumba-lumba (first-person possessive lumba-lumbaku, second-person possessive lumba-lumbamu, third-person possessive lumba-lumbanya)

  1. dolphin (aquatic mammal)
    Synonym: dolfin

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

  • lelumba

Etymology

Reduplication of lumba (race; running competition), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumbəq.

Pronunciation

Noun

lumba-lumba (Jawi spelling ٢ لومبا, plural lumba-lumba-lumba-lumba, informal 1st possessive lumba-lumbaku, 2nd possessive lumba-lumbamu, 3rd possessive lumba-lumbanya)

  1. dolphin (aquatic mammal)
    Synonym: dolfin

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lumba-lumba

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Malay lumba-lumba, or analytically a reduplication of lumba.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lum‧ba-lum‧ba
  • IPA(key): /lumˌbalumˈba/, [lʊmˌba.lumˈba]

Noun

lumbá-lumbá

  1. dolphin
    Synonyms: delpin, lampasot

See also

  • mayohon
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