emban

emban

1. first-person singular present indicative of embama

Affixed heban (“to grab with both hands”) +‎ -em-, from Malay emban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həban, from Proto-Austronesian *SəbaN (“carry a child with a carrying cloth”).

• The sense of nursemaid is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (emban, “nursemaid”), cf. Old Javanese ĕmban, hĕmban (“that which carries or encloses; assistant and guardian”), more likely have same source as Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həban with infix -em-.

• IPA^(key): /əmˈban/
• Hyphenation: êm‧ban
• Rhymes: -ban, -an, -n

êmban (plural emban-emban, first-person possessive embanku, second-person possessive embanmu, third-person possessive embannya)

1. waistband, breast band, belly band
2. nursemaid

   Synonym: pengasuh

• “emban” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

emban

1. Romanization of ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həban, from Proto-Austronesian *SəbaN (“carry a child with a carrying cloth”). Doublet of kemban.

• IPA^(key): /əmban/
• Rhymes: -ban, -an

emban (Jawi spelling امبن, plural emban-emban, informal 1st possessive embanku, 2nd possessive embanmu, 3rd possessive embannya)

1. band going around the body

• Indonesian: emban

• “emban” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.