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English
Noun
ambon (plural ambons)
- Alternative form of ambo
Anagrams
Aklanon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.
Noun
ambon
- fog; mist; haze
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔamˈbon/
- Hyphenation: am‧bon
Noun
ambón (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔)
- fog; mist; haze
- Synonym: dampog
- (Naga) dew
- Synonym: tunog
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
ambon m (plural ambons)
- (architecture) ambon
Further reading
Ngaju
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.
Noun
ambon
- dew; fog
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun (“dew, mist, fog”). Compare Aklanon ambon (“fog; mist; haze”) and Malay embun (“dew”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ambón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔)
- drizzle; light rain
- Synonyms: gawangan, (Boac Marinduque) alandahaw
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ambon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ambun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI