tambak

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English

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak).

Noun

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tambak (plural tambaks)

  1. In Java, a brackish pond for raising fish and growing rice.

Anagrams

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Bikol Central

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tam‧bak
  • IPA(key): /tamˈbak/ [tamˈbak]

Noun

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tambák

  1. head; mound
    Synonyms: dagmang, tumpok

Derived terms

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Brunei Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tambak/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bak

Noun

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tambak

  1. stove (device for heating food), cooker

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtambak]
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bak

Etymology 1

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Noun

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tambak (plural tambak-tambak, first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)

  1. fish pond
  2. dyke, levee, banking, leveling
    Synonyms: tebat, gili-gili, tanggul, bendung
  3. brackish water
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Malay tambak.

Noun

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tambak (first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)

  1. black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)
  2. silver pomfret (Pampus chinensis)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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tambak (first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)

  1. a snapper, of species Lutjanus vaigiensis

References

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Javanese

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Romanization

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tambak

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀

Malay

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Noun

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tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)

  1. embankment, dyke
  2. banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation (of low-tying land)
  3. causeway
    Synonym: koswe
    Tambak Johor-SingapuraJohor-Singapore Causeway
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Indonesian: tambak

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)

  1. black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)
  2. silver pomfret (Pampus chinensis)
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Descendants
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Further reading

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Noun

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tambak

  1. rampart

Verb

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tambak

  1. to heap

References

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak. Compare Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, dyke), Malay tambak (embankment), and Maranao tambak (rampart).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. heap; pile; mound (of earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
    Synonyms: bunton, tumpok
  2. accumulation (as of official papers not acted upon)
  3. act of filling up of a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
    Synonym: pagtatambak
  4. embankment; terrace
    Synonym: teraplen

Derived terms

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See also

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Adjective

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tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. (sports, colloquial) on a substantial point disadvantage against an opponent

Further reading

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  • tambak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tambak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI