ambai

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Noun

ambai

  1. news

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambay (wave back and forth).

Pronunciation

Noun

ambai (Jawi spelling راما, plural ambai-ambai, informal 1st possessive ambaiku, 2nd possessive ambaimu, 3rd possessive ambainya)

  1. Purse-net attached in a tideway or river; stake.

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Further reading

  • ambai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.