tebal

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tebal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebel (“thick, of objects; dense, of crowds”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *tɓəl, *ɓəl (“thick”). Cognate with Javanese tebel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈbal/ [t̪əˈbal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: te‧bal

Adjective

têbal (comparative lebih tebal, superlative paling tebal)

1. thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)

   Antonym: tipis

Derived terms

• ketebalan
• mempertebal
• menebal
• menebalkan
• penebalan
• setebal
• tebalan
• tertebal

Further reading

• “tebal”, 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

Karao

Noun

tebal

1. conversation; discussion; talk

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebel (“thick, of objects; dense, of crowds”). Cognate with Javanese tebel and Malagasy matevina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈbal/ [t̪əˈbal]
• Rhymes: -bal, -al
• Hyphenation: te‧bal

Adjective

tebal (Jawi spelling تبل, comparative lebih tebal, superlative paling tebal)

1. thick
   1. having a great side-to-side measurement; broad, wide

      Synonym: lebar

      Antonyms: nipis, tipis

      buku tebal ― thick book

   2. bold, chunky (of handwriting or lines)

      tulisan tebal ― thick handwriting

      fon tebal ― bold font

   3. dense, murky (of clouds and fogs, etc.)

      Synonyms: padat, tumpat

      awan tebal ― thick cloud

   4. bushy, heavy, jungly (of hair, foliage, grass, etc.)

      Synonym: lebat

      rambut tebal ― thick hair

2. strong (of faith, belief, ideal, etc.)

   Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, teguh

   kepercayaan tebal ― strong belief

Affixations

• dipertebal
• ditebalkan
• ketebalan
• mempertebal
• menebal
• menebalkan
• penebal
• pertebal
• tebalkan
• tertebal

Compounds

• tebal bibir
• tebal hati
• tebal jangat
• tebal kantung
• tebal lidah
• tebal muka
• tebal telinga

Further reading

• "tebal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tebel₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI