ambil

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ambil, from Classical Malay امبيل (ambil).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈambil/ [ˈam.bɪl]
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Rhymes: -ambil
Syllabification: am‧bil

Verb

ambil

to take
1. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
  1. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
2. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
  1. To accept and follow (advice etc.)
    - 2019, Beni Irawan, dkk, Tanda Tanya‎^[1], CV Jejak, page 196:
      Selaku mengambil saran dari Imla, Semi berdiri kemudian memperhatikan sekitar.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. To receive into some relationship.
    - 2017, T.O. Ihromi, editor, Pokok-pokok antropologi budaya‎^[2], Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, page 196:
      Sekali-sekali ada suami yang hendak membuat hidupnya lebih menarik dengan mengambil istri kedua, dan hal demikian diizinkan oleh hukum adat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
3. To remove
  1. To remove or end by death; to kill.
    - 2020, Sara Wijayanto, Wingit‎^[3], PT Elex Media Komputindo, page 113:
      Di bisa mengambil nyawa semudah menjentikkan jari. Hebat, bukan?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. To subtract.
    - 1987, S. S. Rumani, Permainan anak-anak dari Jawa‎^[4], Intan, page 45:
      Bola dilempar, ambil satu anak bekel tinggal satu (menjadi 4 anak bekel, tetap digenggam), bola ditangkap
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
4. To use as a means of transportation.
  - 2018, Mahbub Djunaidi, Asal Usul‎^[5], IRCISOD, page 100:
    Gampang. Nanti di Jakarta tuan ambil taksi, pergi jurusan Bintaro. Tanya siapa saja, pasti orang kenal Ramadhan itu.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
5. To participate in
  - 2005, Motinggo Busye, Dalam kasih putih‎^[6], Azalea, page 17:
    "Ketika SMP meloncat satu kelas. Kelas dua, saya ambil ujian akhir dan lulus."
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
6. To believe, to accept the statements of.
  - 2019, Abdul Aziz Al-Badri, Hitam Putih Wajah Ulama dan Penguasa‎^[7], Penerbit Darul Falah, page 215:
    Tetapi orang-orang yang berselisih pendapat itu tidak mau mengambil perkataan para ulama dalam hal ini.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
7. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
8. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
9. To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
  - 2000, Barbara Stevens Barnum, translated by Brahms U. Pendit, edited by Palupi Widyastuti, Penulisan Penerbitan Buku‎^[8], Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, page 60:
    Tabel dan gambar banyak mengambil ruang pencetakan, dan penyunting biasanya menghilangkannya apabila isinya dapat dijelaskan dalam pembahasan.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
10. To perform (a role)
11. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  - 2018, DIS, 157 Hari Mencari Makna Hidup‎^[9], page 95:
    "Sini saya ambil foto kalian, entar gantian bantu ambil foto untuk saya ..."
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of
Root	ambilkanlah
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	ambilkanlah	memperambil		diperambil	perambil
Locative
Causative / Applicative¹					perambilkan
	Causative
Active
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.

ambil

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