ambö

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably , bu, +‎ aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: am‧bö

Noun

ambö

  1. smell, odour

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Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (ambu)
  • Balinese: ᬳᬫ᭄ᬩᬸ (ambu)

Further reading

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