kumur

See also: Kumur

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kumuR (“gargle, rinse the mouth”). Cognate with Yami komoy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kumur/
  • Rhymes: -mur, -ur

Verb

kumur (Jawi spelling کومور)

  1. To gargle.
    kumur air ― to gargle water

Affixations

  • berkumur

Compounds

  • ubat kumur

Further reading

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