tebal

Pronunciation: /təˈbal/

“tebal” is a Malay word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

having a great side-to-side measurement; broad, wide
bold, chunky (of handwriting or lines)
dense, murky (of clouds and fogs, etc.)
bushy, heavy, jungly (of hair, foliage, grass, etc.)
strong (of faith, belief, ideal, etc.)

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbəl (“thick, of objects; dense, of crowds”) or Proto-Mon-Khmer *tɓəl, *ɓəl (“thick”). Cognate with Javanese tebel and Malagasy matevina.

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