tebu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tebu, from Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbu, from Proto-Austronesian *təbu.

Noun

tebu (plural tebu-tebu, first-person possessive tebuku, second-person possessive tebumu, third-person possessive tebunya)

  1. sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (compare Chamorro tupu, Fijian dovu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /təbu/
  • Rhymes: -əbu, -bu, -u

Noun

tebu

  1. sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)
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