ambang
Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: am‧bang
Noun
[edit]ambang
- Codium tenue; a species of green alga
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Malay ambang, from Classical Malay امبڠ (ambang), from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ambang
- beam, girder.
- Synonym: kayu palang
- edge, verge.
- (figurative) threshold, level.
- Synonym: tingkat
- the outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- in the same position or rank.
- (figurative) estuary.
- Synonym: muara
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]ambang (used in the form mengambang)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ambang (meng-, transitive) | |||||
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Root | ambang | ||||
Active | Involuntary | Passive | Basic / Imperative |
Emphatic / Jussive | |
Active | mengambang | terambang | diambang | ambang | |
Locative | mengambangi | terambangi | diambangi | ambangi | |
Causative / Applicative1 | mengambangkan | terambangkan | diambangkan | ambangkan | ambangkanlah |
Causative | |||||
Locative | |||||
Causative / Applicative1 | |||||
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. |
Affixed terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Deli Malay [Term?], probably related to Etymology 1. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ambang (uncountable)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Banjarese [Term?], probably related to Etymology 1 or from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₁, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ₁ (“ambush, block the way; obstacle, hindrance”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ambang (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “ambang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ambang
- Romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ)
- the time just before an event, the brink of an event
Verb
[edit]ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ, used in the form mengambang)
- to float (drift gently through the air)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: ambang
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Seafood
- ceb:Green algae
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian verbs
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Malay
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Banjarese
- Indonesian terms derived from Banjarese
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/ambaŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/baŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/aŋ
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay verbs