ambö

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably bö, bu, bĕ +‎ aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: am‧bö

Noun

ambö

1. smell, odour

Alternative forms

• ambu
• ambĕ

Derived terms

• aṅambwakĕn
• kahambö
• kambwan
• kāmbö
• mambö

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (ambu)
• → Balinese: ᬳᬫ᭄ᬩᬸ (ambu)

Further reading

• "ambö" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.