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terbang.

to fly

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/tərˈbaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[t̪ərˈbaŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to fly

  2. to evaporate

    colloquial · uncommon
  3. to disappear

    figuratively
  4. to escape

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Malay terbang, from Proto-Malayic *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.

noun/tərˈbaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[t̪ərˈbaŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Hirundichthys oxycephalus

noun/tərˈbaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[t̪ərˈbaŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. a Malay tambourine that is used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore

Where this word comes from

From Javanese terbang (ꦠꦼꦂꦧꦁ).

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