kebon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kebun. In the sense “gardener” a shortening from tukang kebun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈbɔn/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧bon
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

kebon m (plural kebons)

  1. (historical, Dutch East Indies, Netherlands) a garden in the Dutch East Indies
    Synonyms: gaarde, tuin
  2. (historical, Dutch East Indies, Netherlands) a native Indonesian gardener in the service of colonial Europeans
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