nikambu

Makasar

Etymology

From ni- (“passive prefix”) +‎ kambu (“interior; filling”).

Adjective

nikambu (Lontara spelling ᨊᨗᨀᨅᨘ or 𑻨𑻳𑻠𑻤𑻴)

  1. filled; stuffed (especially of culinary dishes like fish or crab)
  2. (of jewelry or metalwork) plated; filled or overlaid with a layer of precious metal over a base metal

Derived terms

compounds and phrases

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 279-280
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