ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ĕmban, hĕmban (“that which carries or encloses; assistant and guardian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əm.ban/
• Rhymes: -ban
• Hyphenation: em‧ban

Noun

ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (emban)

1. nursemaid

Derived terms

• ꦔꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦏꦺ (ngembanaké)
• ꦔꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦶ (ngembani)
• ꦔꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (ngemban)
• ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦤ꧀ (embanan)
• ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦤ꧀ (emban-embanan)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: emban (semantic loan)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “emban”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN