himbaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imbaŋ (“weigh, balance, compare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪm.baŋ/
• Rhymes: -baŋ
• Hyphenation: him‧baṅ

Noun

himbaṅ

1. side,
2. border,
3. edge,
4. slope

Alternative forms

• imbaṅ

Derived terms

• aṅimbaṅi
• kahimbaṅ

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (imbang) (inherited)

Further reading

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