pakambu

Makasar

Etymology

From pa- +‎ kambu (“interior; inside”).

Verb

pakambu (Lontara spelling ᨄᨀᨅᨘ or 𑻣𑻠𑻤𑻴)

  1. (transitive) to put into; to stuff, insert, or stow inside something
    Leʼbaʼmi kupakambu
    I have already stuffed them in (my belly) / I already put them inside. (humorous response when asked where some food went)

Further reading

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