hĕmban

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed ĕban (“box, case, casket”) +‎ -um-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hĕmban

1. that which carries or encloses
2. assistant
3. guardian

Alternative forms

• ĕmban

Derived terms

• ahĕmbanan
• aṅhĕmban
• hinĕmban
• hinĕmbanakĕn
• hinĕmbanan
• humĕmbanakĕn
• hĕmbanan
• inĕmban?
• kahĕmban
• mahĕmban
• makahĕmbanan
• paṅhĕmban

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (emban)
  • → Indonesian: emban (semantic loan)

Further reading

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