ambing

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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

  1. (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)

  1. (physiology) udder

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