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Etymology

Inherited from Malay [Term?]. Compare Javanese ꦱꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦂ (simbar, hair on the chest), Old Javanese simbar (parasitic growth on the bark, small fern-like growth, leaf-like ornament or decoration).

Pronunciation

Noun

simbar (plural simbar-simbar)

  1. (botany) basket fern (Drynaria sparsisora).
  2. hair that grows on a man's chest
  3. (architecture, archaeology) antefix
    Synonym: antefiks
  4. a large teak tree whose branches are covered in weeds
  5. carved motif in the form of small leaves attached to the front of the tree leaf

Derived terms

  • simbar badak
  • simbar menjangan

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simˈbaɾ/ [sĩmˈbaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sim‧bar

Verb

simbar (first-person singular present simbo, first-person singular preterite simbé, past participle simbado)

  1. (Bolivia, Northern Argentina) to plait; to braid
    Synonym: trenzar

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