sĕmbah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compare Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ; whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh).

Noun

sĕmbah

1. respect

Alternative forms

• sambah

Derived terms

• anĕmbah
• anĕmbahakĕn
• panĕmbah
• panĕmbahan
• pasambah
• sinĕmbah
• sinĕmbahakĕn
• sumĕmbah
• sumĕmbahakĕn

 

• pati sĕsĕmbahi

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah)
  • →? Malay: sembah
    • Indonesian: sembah
    • → Cebuano: simba
    • →? Makasar: somba
    • → Maranao: simba
    • → Min Nan: 占巴
    • → Tagalog: samba
    • →? Toba Batak: somba
    • → Urak Lawoi': ซือมัฮ (semah)
• → Balinese: ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ (sembah)

Further reading

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