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simbar
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Indonesian
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
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsimbar/ [ˈsim.bar]
- Rhymes: -imbar
- Syllabification: sim‧bar
Noun
- (botany) basket fern (Drynaria sparsisora).
- hair that grows on a man's chest
- (architecture, archaeology) antefix
- Synonym: antefiks
- a large teak tree whose branches are covered in weeds
- carved motif in the form of small leaves attached to the front of the tree leaf
Derived terms
- simbar badak
- simbar menjangan
Further reading
- “simbar”, 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
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Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Verb
simbar (first-person singular present simbo, first-person singular preterite simbé, past participle simbado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “simbar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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