labu siam

From labu (“gourd; pumpkin”) +‎ siam (“Siamese”). Literally, “Siamese gourd/pumpkin”.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌlabu ˈsiam/ [ˌla.bu ˈsi.am]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: la‧bu si‧am

labu siam (plural labu-labu siam)

1. chayote (Sechium edule), plant & fruit

• “labu siam”, 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

From labu (“gourd; pumpkin”) +‎ siam (“Siamese”). Literally, “Siamese gourd/pumpkin”.

• IPA^(key): /ˌlabu ˈsjam/ [ˌla.bu ˈsjam]

labu siam (Jawi spelling لابو سيام, plural labu-labu siam)

1. chayote; chocho (Sechium edule), plant & fruit

• “labu siam”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017