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) thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) Antonym: tipis ==== Derived terms ==== === 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 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) thick having a great side-to-side measurement; broad, wide Synonym: lebar Antonyms: nipis, tipis buku tebal ― thick book bold, chunky (of handwriting or lines) tulisan tebal ― thick handwriting fon tebal ― bold font dense, murky (of clouds and fogs, etc.) Synonyms: padat, tumpat awan tebal ― thick cloud bushy, heavy, jungly (of hair, foliage, grass, etc.) Synonym: lebat rambut tebal ― thick hair strong (of faith, belief, ideal, etc.) Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, teguh kepercayaan tebal ― strong belief ==== Affixations ==== ==== Compounds ==== === 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