•ρητινώδης ουσία που λαμβάνεται από ένα δέντρο στη Σουμάτρα και χρησιμοποιείται σε διάφορες περιπτώσεις (στη χρωματοποιία, στη φαρμακευτική, την αρωματοποιία κ.λπ.
köken: Probably, from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). The first word is from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”), the second from جاوة (jāwa, “Java”) (from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa)).
köken: Semi-learned borrowing from Malay kemenyan (possibly via Classical Malay kamiñan). Cognate with Khmer កំញាន (kɑmñaan), Western Cham [script needed] (kamơñan), Burmese ကက္ကုကမျဉ်း (kakku.ka.myany:). It was believed that it borrowed from Mon [komyaan] which did not exist.
köken: Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). First attested in 1430. The loss of the initial syllable is likely due to its reanalysis as the definite article lo.