debak

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay debak, from Proto-Malayic *dəbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəbak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /dəˈbak/ [dəˈbak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: de‧bak

Noun

debak (plural debak-debak)

1. thud (the sound of a dull impact)

   Synonyms: debuk, lebak

Derived terms

• debak-debuk

Further reading

• “debak”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəbak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈbak/ [dəˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: de‧bak

Noun

debak (Jawi spelling دبق, plural debak-debak or debak²)

1. thud (the sound of a dull impact)

   Synonym: lebak

Descendants

• > Indonesian: debak (inherited)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*debak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• "debak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017