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Betawi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sundanese ambing (“to rock in a cradle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ambiŋ/
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Hyphenation: am‧bing
Verb
ambing
- (transitive, intransitive) to rock (a child to sleep) in a cradle
1972, Saidi S., “Ajun Ambing ”, in Tukang Tuak , performed by Benyamin Sueb, Jakarta: Indah, track B3:Ayun-ayun ambing / Entong, anak Baba'- Swinging and rocking / You boy, my dear child
Further reading
- Batten, C. J. (1868) “Ambing”, in De djoeroe basa Betawi: Eenvoudige Bataviaasch-Maleische woordenverzameling (in Dutch), Batavia: H. M. van Dorp, page 11
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay ambing.
Pronunciation
Noun
ambing (plural ambing-ambing)
- (physiology) udder
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