cambuk

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) specifically an East and Central Javanese bullock whip, bullwhip or buffalo whip. In British English known as a "snake whip".
 * 2) any whip, namely:
 * 3) bullwhip
 * 4) signal whip
 * 5) snake whip
 * 6) a cat, cat o' nine tails
 * 7) a crop or horse whip/ riding whip: a cambuk kuda
 * 8) a flogger
 * 9) a cemeti (cambuk perang) (Javanese mounted knight's war whip)

Usage notes
Old Dutch spelling: "tjamboek" hence known in English as the erroneous transliterations 'sjambok, sjamboek and jambok