ambang

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang

  1. Codium tenue; a species of green alga

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay ambang, from Classical Malay امبڠ (ambang), from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. beam, girder.
    Synonym: kayu palang
  2. edge, verge.
  3. (figurative) threshold, level.
    Synonym: tingkat
    1. the outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
    2. in the same position or rank.
  4. (figurative) estuary.
    Synonym: muara
Derived terms
affixed terms
Compounds

Verb

ambang (used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)
    Synonym: apung
Conjugation
Conjugation of ambang (meng-, transitive)
Root ambang
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mengambang terambang diambang ambang
Locative mengambangi terambangi diambangi ambangi
Causative / Applicative1 mengambangkan terambangkan diambangkan ambangkan ambangkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
Affixed terms

Etymology 2

From Deli Malay , probably related to Etymology 1. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. toolbox contained in the fishing boat.

Etymology 3

From Banjarese , probably related to Etymology 1 or from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₁, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ₁ (“ambush, block the way; obstacle, hindrance”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. A kind of Banjarese parang a short, heavy, straight-edged knife as a tool and weapon.

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ)

  1. the time just before an event, the brink of an event

Verb

ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ, used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ambang
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